House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law

Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2018

H.R. 5545Introduced Apr 18, 2018Policy area: Health

Where it went

IntroducedApr 18, 2018
Committee action—
Passed House—
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: May 22, 2018 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5545.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 63, April 18, 2018, Page H3442):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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

81 cosponsors — 81 Democrats

0 of 81 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), James Clyburn (D-SC), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Delaney (D-MD), Val Demings (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and 51 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings.

Sponsor’s state and district

Maryland in Congress · MD-7 district

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