Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5605.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5605, Advancing High Quality Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Medicare Act” 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/53998

  CBO publication date

  June 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5605, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5605

  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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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-744 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/744

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5605, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5605

  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. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 66, April 24, 2018, Page H3506):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5605, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5605

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aab536d5f85fa010324e6b9cba9a43c773d18dfcc9764b9da6520706ba5d80cf

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5605, 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.