House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Removing Barriers to Allergy Diagnostic Testing Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Fred Upton R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 17, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 23, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5541.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. UPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 62, April 17, 2018, Page H3396):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. The Congress shall have the Power to regulate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 17, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 162 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5541, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5541
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
12 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 12 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Katherine Clark (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Delaney (D-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), James Himes (D-CT), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Mark Meadows (R-NC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.