House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-254
DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019
Became law on Dec 23, 2020.
Sponsor: Rep. Clay Higgins R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 18, 2019
- Committee actionOct 23, 2019
- Passed HouseDec 9, 2019 · 393–1
- Passed SenateDec 7, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentDec 11, 2020
- Became lawDec 23, 2020
Latest action: Dec 23, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-254.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4761.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4761, DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019” on January 15, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on December 9, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56032
- CBO publication date
- January 15, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4761, DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019” on July 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 11, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56487
- CBO publication date
- July 24, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb03028bb78fcbc6a8f1658f5ba18febfb5d7846eec3257ccf837a31832e85f9
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-319 ↗; S. Rept. 116-244 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 29, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/319
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/SRPT/244 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 165, October 18, 2019, Page H8260):U.S.C. Art. I Sec. 8 cl 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 27 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4761, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4761
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cb03028bb78fcbc6a8f1658f5ba18febfb5d7846eec3257ccf837a31832e85f9
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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
8 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.
Yvette Clarke (D-NY), John Joyce (R-PA), John Katko (R-NY), Peter King (R-NY), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mike Rogers (R-AL), Max Rose (D-NY), Mark Walker (R-NC).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.