Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5804.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5804, Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative 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/54016

  CBO publication date

  June 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5804, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5804

  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. 115-752 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 13, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/752

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5804, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c68692e20a4983b3a0c30b0118d898d04b06ce8d9f914ecd1b3a080945e837a

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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. SHIMKUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 79, May 15, 2018, Page H3978):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: 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

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5804, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5804

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c68692e20a4983b3a0c30b0118d898d04b06ce8d9f914ecd1b3a080945e837a

  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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