House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Preventing Overdoses and Saving Lives Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2021 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5224.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HILL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 156, September 10, 2021, Page H4517):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5224, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5224
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 January 3, 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
24 cosponsors — 14 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 24 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Carey (R-OH), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), David Trone (D-MD), Michael Turner (R-OH), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. J. Hill.
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- H.Res. 117 (117th) Supporting Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.