Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2355.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2355, Opioid Prescription Verification Act of 2021” on September 22, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57484

  CBO publication date

  September 22, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2355, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2355

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e2494f84c8b69f2e08f6f8eb8dc72af7bfb1edda4ad460e6a8708a8a55dfe1d

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-180 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 30, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 30, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/180

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2355, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2355

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e2494f84c8b69f2e08f6f8eb8dc72af7bfb1edda4ad460e6a8708a8a55dfe1d

  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. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 60, April 5, 2021, Page H1713):
  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 April 5, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  303 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2355, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2355

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e2494f84c8b69f2e08f6f8eb8dc72af7bfb1edda4ad460e6a8708a8a55dfe1d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2355, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.