House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2018 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5634.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5634, Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018” on October 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 13, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54561
- CBO publication date
- October 10, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5634, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5634
- 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 Mr. GAETZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 68, April 26, 2018, Page H3706):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5634, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5634
- 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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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. 5634, 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
44 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 44 cosponsors (57%) are from the other party.
Rob Bishop (R-UT), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Ken Buck (R-CO), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), J. Correa (D-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Karen Handel (R-GA), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), David Joyce (R-OH), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ruben Kihuen (D-NV), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Beto O'Rourke (D-TX), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) and 14 more.
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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.