STOP Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5788.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5788, Securing the International Mail Against Opioids 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/53948

  CBO publication date

  June 7, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5788, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5788

  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. 115-722 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 8, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 8, 2018 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/722

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5788, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5788

  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. BISHOP of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 79, May 15, 2018, Page H3977):
  U.S. CONST. art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 1 and 3 ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .;'' and ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes . . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  344 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5788, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5788

  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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  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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