HR 5811 · 115th Congress 2017โ€“2019, ended

Long-Term Opioid Efficacy Act of 2018

Latest action · Jun 20, 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.

  1. IntroducedMay 15, 2018
  2. Passed HouseJun 19, 2018
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Long-Term Opioid Efficacy Act of 2018

This bill expands the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require post-approval studies or clinical trials with respect to controlled substances (e.g., opioids).

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 15, 2018 to Jun 7, 2018; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-VAH. Morgan GriffithOriginalMay 15, 2018
R-ORGreg WaldenJun 7, 2018
R-TNMarsha BlackburnJun 7, 2018

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred May 15, 2018Markup May 17, 2018
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred Jun 20, 2018

Actions 10

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Jun 19, 2018Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Jun 19, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5243-5244)
  4. Jun 19, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5811.
  5. Jun 19, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5243)
  6. Jun 19, 2018Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  7. May 17, 2018Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. May 17, 2018Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  9. May 15, 2018Introduced in House
  10. May 15, 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H5243, H5244Text printed H5243Greg Walden R-OR, Joseph P. Kennedy III D-MA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TXJun 19, 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

  1. Jun 11, 2018H.R. 5811, a bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to postapproval study requirements for certain controlled substances, and for other purposesAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 17, 2018

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States grants Congress the authority to enact this bill.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 79, May 15, 2018, page H3978.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 6SUPPORT for Patients and Communities ActRelated billOct 24, 2018

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to postapproval study requirements for certain controlled substances, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Long-Term Opioid Efficacy Act of 2018

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2018Referred in Senate
  2. Jun 19, 2018Engrossed in House
  3. May 15, 2018Introduced in House

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