HR 5531
115th Congress
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Opioid Emergency Response Act
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Apr 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 17, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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.
Apr 17, 2018
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Opioid Emergency Response Act
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to opioid use, including programs to incentivize the use of opioid alternatives; the bill also creates a new, sixth schedule of controlled substances that includes specified synthetic fentanyl-related substances.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5531: Opioid Emergency Response Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5531/
"H.R. 5531: Opioid Emergency Response Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5531/.
H.R. 5531, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5531/.
[H.R. 5531: Opioid Emergency Response Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5531/)