House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Comprehensive TB Elimination Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 15, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5794.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 79, May 15, 2018, Page H3977):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 111 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5794, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5794
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 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.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
9 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
2 of 9 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Eliot Engel (D-NY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Don Young (R-AK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Gene Green.
- H.R. 5385 (115th) Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018
- H.Res. 605 (115th) Congratulating the Houston Astros on winning the 2017 Major League Baseball World Series.
- H.J.Res. 65 (115th) Every Vote Counts Amendment
- H.R. 2286 (115th) Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act of 2017
- H.R. 2628 (115th) Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act
- H.R. 2688 (115th) Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2017
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.