HR 5545 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2018

Latest action · May 22, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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.

  1. IntroducedApr 18, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2018

This bill establishes a series of grant programs to assist localities with addressing the opioid epidemic, such as through prevention and treatment services, training centers, and research activities.

Cosponsors 81

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 15, 2018 to Sep 28, 2018.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAnthony G. BrownJun 15, 2018
D-CABarbara LeeJun 15, 2018
D-ILBobby L. RushJun 15, 2018
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceJun 15, 2018
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerJun 15, 2018
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyJun 15, 2018
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonJun 15, 2018
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonJun 15, 2018
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonJun 15, 2018
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyJun 15, 2018
D-SCJames E. ClyburnJun 15, 2018
D-MAJames P. McGovernJun 15, 2018
D-MDJamie RaskinJun 15, 2018
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 15, 2018
D-TNJim CooperJun 15, 2018
D-CAJimmy GomezJun 15, 2018
D-CTJoe CourtneyJun 15, 2018
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthJun 15, 2018
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyJun 15, 2018
D-GAJohn LewisJun 15, 2018
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesJun 15, 2018
D-OHJoyce BeattyJun 15, 2018
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkJun 15, 2018
D-MNKeith EllisonJun 15, 2018
D-TXLloyd DoggettJun 15, 2018
D-OHMarcy KapturJun 15, 2018
D-CAMark DeSaulnierJun 15, 2018
D-CAMark TakanoJun 15, 2018
D-PAMatt CartwrightJun 15, 2018
D-MANiki TsongasJun 15, 2018
D-VTPeter WelchJun 15, 2018
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiJun 15, 2018
D-CARo KhannaJun 15, 2018
D-ILRobin L. KellyJun 15, 2018
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.Jun 15, 2018
D-MASeth MoultonJun 15, 2018
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJun 15, 2018
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettJun 15, 2018
D-MDSteny H. HoyerJun 15, 2018
D-MAStephen F. LynchJun 15, 2018
D-OHTim RyanJun 15, 2018
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingJun 15, 2018
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJun 15, 2018
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJun 22, 2018
D-WIGwen MooreJun 22, 2018
D-NYJoseph CrowleyJun 22, 2018
D-CAJudy ChuJun 22, 2018
D-WIMark PocanJun 22, 2018
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánJun 22, 2018
D-INPeter J. ViscloskyJun 22, 2018
D-NMBen Ray LujánJun 25, 2018
D-ILCheri BustosJun 25, 2018
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeJun 25, 2018
D-RIDavid N. CicillineJun 25, 2018
D-NYEliot L. EngelJun 25, 2018
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoJun 25, 2018
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesJun 25, 2018
D-CALinda T. SánchezJun 25, 2018
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoJun 25, 2018
D-CANancy PelosiJun 25, 2018
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioJun 25, 2018
D-MARichard E. NealJun 25, 2018
D-CAJackie SpeierJun 29, 2018
D-DELisa Blunt RochesterJun 29, 2018
D-CAMaxine WatersJun 29, 2018
D-ILMike QuigleyJun 29, 2018
D-FLVal Butler DemingsJun 29, 2018
D-CAZoe LofgrenJun 29, 2018
D-MNBetty McCollumJul 23, 2018
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.Jul 23, 2018
D-NYJerrold NadlerJul 23, 2018
D-CAJohn GaramendiJul 23, 2018
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezJul 23, 2018
D-NYPaul TonkoJul 23, 2018
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaJul 23, 2018
D-PARobert A. BradyJul 23, 2018
D-AZRuben GallegoJul 23, 2018
D-PABrendan F. BoyleJul 26, 2018
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottJul 26, 2018
D-MEChellie PingreeSep 28, 2018
D-CADoris O. MatsuiSep 28, 2018

Committees 3

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2018
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2018
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred May 22, 2018
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Apr 18, 2018
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Apr 26, 2018

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 22, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  2. Apr 26, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
  3. Apr 18, 2018Introduced in House
  4. Apr 18, 2018Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

In the Congressional Record 3

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5323Elijah E. Cummings D-MDJun 20, 2018
HouseDebate and remarks H5113Elijah E. Cummings D-MDJun 13, 2018
HouseLists H3442H.R. 5545–5576—Apr 18, 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To . . . provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 63, April 18, 2018, page H3442.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2700Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2018Identical billApr 18, 2018

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas affected by the opioid epidemic and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, and public or private nonprofit entities to provide for the development, organization, coordination, and operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder and their families.
Short Titles as Introduced
Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2018

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 18, 2018Introduced in House

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