HR 5353 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018

Introduced Mar 20, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Leonard Lance R-NJ

Latest action · Jun 13, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 20, 2018
Passed HouseJun 12, 2018
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand its grant program for combating hepatitis C infections to include other infections associated with injection drug use.

Cosponsors 14

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2018 to Jun 8, 2018; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Mar 20, 2018
R-NY	Chris Collins	Original	Mar 20, 2018
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Mar 20, 2018
R-TX	Joe Barton	Original	Mar 20, 2018
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III	Original	Mar 20, 2018
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Apr 12, 2018
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Apr 18, 2018
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Apr 24, 2018
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham		Apr 26, 2018
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		May 10, 2018
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 23, 2018
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler		May 24, 2018
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jun 5, 2018
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jun 8, 2018

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 20, 2018Markup May 9, 2018
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Apr 25, 2018Markup Apr 25, 2018Reported Apr 25, 2018
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Jun 13, 2018

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 13, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 12, 2018Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jun 12, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5059-5060)
Jun 12, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5353.
Jun 12, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5059)
Jun 12, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 9, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
May 9, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 25, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 25, 2018Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 25, 2018Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Mar 20, 2018Introduced in House
Mar 20, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H5059, H5060Text printed H5059	Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Walden R-OR, Leonard Lance R-NJ	Jun 12, 2018

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Jun 8, 2018H.R. 5353, Eliminating Opioid-Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States provides that the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States; Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States provides Congress the authority 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.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 48, March 20, 2018, page H1728.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 115-709	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019440 pages	Appropriations Committee	Nov 5, 2019

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 6	SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act	Related bill	Oct 24, 2018
S 2579	Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018	Identical bill	Mar 20, 2018

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize and expand a program of surveillance and education, carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regarding infections associated with injection drug use.
Short Titles as Introduced: Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018
Short Titles as Passed House: Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 13, 2018Referred in Senate
Jun 12, 2018Engrossed in House
Mar 20, 2018Introduced in House

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