House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Improving the Federal Response to Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorder Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2018
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseJun 13, 2018 · 409–8
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 14, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5891.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 83, May 21, 2018, Page H4284):Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United StatesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 61 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5891, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5891
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
292a9d9ff61985751b4b0490bc963913d1163e9c3ff8f2509e0b86234fea3ded
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 July 21, 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
18 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 18 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jim Banks (R-IN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mike Bost (R-IL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Karen Handel (R-GA), Evan Jenkins (R-WV), Conor Lamb (D-PA), Jared Polis (D-CO), David Roe (R-TN), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Francis Rooney (R-FL), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Grothman.
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- H.Res. 1056 (115th) Recognizing the celebration of the Hmong New Year in 2018.
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- H.Res. 597 (115th) Recognizing 500 years since the Protestant Reformation and its significance for many Americans.
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.