House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Seniors From Opioid Abuse Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 7, 2018
- Committee actionMay 9, 2018
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 12, 2018 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 576.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5684.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5684, Protecting Seniors From Opioid Abuse Act” on June 11, 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 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54000
- CBO publication date
- June 11, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5684, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5684
- 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. 115-742 ↗. 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 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/742
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5684, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5684
- 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. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 73, May 7, 2018, Page H3782):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2018 ↗
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- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5684, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5684
- 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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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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Greg Walden (R-OR).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 6305 (115th) Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018
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.