House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 23, 2018
- Committee actionMay 17, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5580.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5580, Surveillance and Testing of Opioids to Prevent Fentanyl Deaths Act of 2018” on June 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53991
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5580, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5580
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 65, April 23, 2018, Page H3452):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution which states that the Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 319 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5580, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7b662ad6b754e64bc304a378a51cd2081296f1c0a24fd8ff4dd956d91b0ebf8b
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 committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5580, last updated August 11, 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
7 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 2 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Thomas MacArthur (R-NJ), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ann Kuster.
- H.R. 1545 (115th) VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 2017
- H.R. 3262 (115th) Grow Our Own Directive: Physician Assistant Employment and Education Act of 2017
- H.R. 965 (115th) Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act
- H.R. 3288 (115th) Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2018
- H.R. 2701 (115th) Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 3637 (115th) Homegrown Organic Act of 2017
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.