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Senate bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

Adopted Orphans Citizenship Act

S. 1485Introduced Aug 4, 1999Policy area: Immigration
Sponsor: Sen. Donald Nickles R-OK
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Where it went

Latest action: Oct 29, 1999 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1485.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1485, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 28, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

24 cosponsors — 13 Republicans, 11 Democrats

11 of 24 cosponsors (46%) are from the other party.

Spencer Abraham (R-MI), John Ashcroft (R-MO), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Sam Brownback (R-KS), John Chafee (R-RI), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Rod Grams (R-MN), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Carl Levin (D-MI), Chester Lott (R-MS), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Paul Sarbanes (D-MD), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ).

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Donald Nickles.

Sponsor’s state and district

Oklahoma in Congress

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.