House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2023
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2023 · 320–71
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2023 — Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5378.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act” on September 14, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the Clerk of the House on September 13, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 14, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59568
- CBO publication date
- September 14, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5378, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5378
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec2cc6ba54f20e429da729007a8e2b62d5335dc2d8316688bf04617d2ee6bffe
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Estimated Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 5378, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act” on December 8, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the Clerk of the House on December 5, 2023 https://tinyurl.com/h2vpjp8a”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 8, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59825
- CBO publication date
- December 8, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5378, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5378
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec2cc6ba54f20e429da729007a8e2b62d5335dc2d8316688bf04617d2ee6bffe
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.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 145, September 8, 2023, Page H4231):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The single subject of this legislation is: To lower costs for and improve the health of patients.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 128 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5378, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5378
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
ec2cc6ba54f20e429da729007a8e2b62d5335dc2d8316688bf04617d2ee6bffe
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 committee report (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5378, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jason Smith (R-MO).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cathy Rodgers.
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- H.R. 7406 (118th) DeOndra Dixon INCLUDE Project Act of 2024
- H.R. 485 (118th) Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023
- H.R. 22 (118th) Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act
- H.R. 21 (118th) Strategic Production Response Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.