Medicaid DRUG Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5799.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5799, Medicaid DRUG Improvement Act” on June 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 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/54012

  CBO publication date

  June 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5799, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5799

  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. 115-728 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/728

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5799, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5799

  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 Mrs. BLACKBURN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 79, May 15, 2018, Page H3977):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  146 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5799, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5799

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae41455415d331d8550c5b6635b63d2415dc6760d4941b7729f22407c551352c

  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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