Medicare Opioid Safety Education Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5685.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5685, the Medicare Opioid Safety Education Act of 2018” 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/54001

  CBO publication date

  June 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5685, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  803de486004d0ca0f6d8fafe0c64fbd9cad5629305ba79e0d6ae2fbabaad64d1

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-715 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 8, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 8, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/715

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5685, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  803de486004d0ca0f6d8fafe0c64fbd9cad5629305ba79e0d6ae2fbabaad64d1

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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. FASO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 73, May 7, 2018, Page H3782):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5685, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5685

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  803de486004d0ca0f6d8fafe0c64fbd9cad5629305ba79e0d6ae2fbabaad64d1

  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. 5685, 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.