Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5723.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5723, Expanding Oversight of Opioid Prescribing and Payment Act of 2018” on June 7, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 16, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53954

  CBO publication date

  June 7, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5723, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  868b184f396edbb7cd52633232359dbf7c2b1f36ca120ee44a6f1663ca541776

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-760 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 19, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 19, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/760

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5723, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  868b184f396edbb7cd52633232359dbf7c2b1f36ca120ee44a6f1663ca541776

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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. TENNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 75, May 9, 2018, Page H3886):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have 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 in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 9, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  301 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5723, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5723

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  868b184f396edbb7cd52633232359dbf7c2b1f36ca120ee44a6f1663ca541776

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

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