House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Efficient Drug Disposal Act of 2018
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 28, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 28, 2018 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6291.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 109, June 28, 2018, Page H5977):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--The Congress shall have power to . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 28, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 301 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6291, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6291
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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 August 11, 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
37 cosponsors — 37 Republicans
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Joe Barton (R-TX), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Carter (R-TX), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Ron Estes (R-KS), Thomas Garrett (R-VA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Garret Graves (R-LA), George Holding (R-NC), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Mike Johnson (R-LA), John Katko (R-NY), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Brian Mast (R-FL), Alexander Mooney (R-WV), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Devin Nunes (R-CA), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Bill Posey (R-FL), David Reichert (R-WA), David Rouzer (R-NC), Mark Sanford (R-SC), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Jason Smith (R-MO) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Rice.
- H.R. 1551 (115th) Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act
- H.R. 1179 (115th) Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act
- H.R. 3097 (115th) Holding SSA Employees Accountable Act
- H.R. 2276 (115th) Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2017
- H.R. 3153 (115th) Electronic Signature Standards Act of 2017
- H.R. 6458 (115th) National Organ Transplant Act Amendments of 2018
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.