House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2020
Sponsor: Rep. H. Griffith R-VAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 23, 2019
- Committee actionSep 9, 2020
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2020 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 18, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4812.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Controlled Substances Act Legislation” on November 13, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56769
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4812, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4812
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- 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. 4812, the Ensuring Compliance Against Drug Diversion Act of 2019” on November 13, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56769
- CBO publication date
- November 13, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4812, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4812
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-584 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 17, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 17, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/584
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4812, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4812
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 168, October 23, 2019, Page H8458):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 23, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4812, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4812
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
13c79bb7f92686612b246b300a11273d53b38abd9b6d34ec2980bd1b5408ce0d
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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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.