House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2018
- Committee actionMay 16, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5775.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5775, Providing Reliable Options for Patients and Educational Resources 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/53951
- CBO publication date
- June 7, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5775, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5775
- 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. 115-763 ↗. 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 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/763
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5775, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2c127dafca876a769b5e45075c9ebc486a8ea1d485fe5ba0ab3dc783aa85248
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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. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 77, May 11, 2018, Page H3935):Article I, section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5775, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5775
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b2c127dafca876a769b5e45075c9ebc486a8ea1d485fe5ba0ab3dc783aa85248
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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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
5 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 5 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sam Johnson (R-TX), Ron Kind (D-WI), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Bruce Poliquin (R-ME).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen.
- H.R. 5437 (115th) To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a program for the issuance of identity protection personal identification numbers.
- H.R. 6662 (115th) Empowering Seniors' Enrollment Decision Act of 2018
- H.R. 184 (115th) Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2018
- H.R. 5686 (115th) Medicare CHOICE Act of 2018
- H.R. 6377 (115th) Save Community Newspaper Act of 2018
- H.R. 6317 (115th) Primary Care Enhancement 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.