Safe Medicine Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5982.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 38, February 26, 2020, Page H1225):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution declares that Congress has the power ``To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states;'' this section also clarifies that Congress has the right to make ``all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.'' It is in keeping with these powers invested in Congress to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study our dependence on Chinese pharmaceuticals and authorize the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue black-box warnings informing consumers of risks they are taking when using pharmaceuticals from countries with systemic issues of supervision.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  680 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5982, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5982

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9517296e9b662145691b752e7a2627f6a807b330a5c77836d9e4c8c29d1030f7

  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 December 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5982, last updated December 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.