House bill · 115th Congress · Public Law 115-234
Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018
Became law on Aug 14, 2018.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 18, 2018
- Committee actionMay 9, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 16, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateJul 31, 2018 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentAug 3, 2018
- Became lawAug 14, 2018
Latest action: Aug 14, 2018 — Became Public Law No: 115-234.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5554.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5554, Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018” on June 8, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 8, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53990
- CBO publication date
- June 8, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5554, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5554
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULLIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 63, April 18, 2018, Page H3442):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5554, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5554
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c248c7d06caa52e99c3c4e13413d65abfba563c960411bf269a39be5064f131c
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5554, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
5 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 5 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Michael Burgess (R-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Kurt Schrader (D-OR), Greg Walden (R-OR).
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.