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H.R. 5531 115th Congress House

Opioid Emergency Response Act

Official title: To provide for a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to preventing and treating opioid addiction.

Introduced: April 17, 2018 Introduced by: Vern Buchanan Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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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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 Latest action May 22, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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  • HR 1057 STOP Act of 2017
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  • HR 2851 SITSA Act
  • HR 3032 Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2017
  • HR 3495 Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2017
  • HR 4733 Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act
  • S 372 STOP Act of 2017
  • S 788 Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2017
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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 27, 2018
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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/
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"H.R. 5531: Opioid Emergency Response Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5531/.
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H.R. 5531, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5531/.
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