House bill · 110th Congress · Public Law 110-351
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
Became law on Oct 7, 2008.
Sponsor: Rep. Jim McDermott D-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2008
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 17, 2008 · by voice vote
- Passed SenateSep 22, 2008 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentSep 26, 2008
- Became lawOct 7, 2008
Latest action: Oct 7, 2008 — Became Public Law No: 110-351.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6893.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6893, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008” on December 23, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of the bill as signed by the President on October 7, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20442
- CBO publication date
- December 23, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6893, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6893
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5136a4d7e092b5ebf92684cacc14204d6f84fde87c9b48f9c21cab8a35640dba
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6893, Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008” on December 23, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of the bill as signed by the President on October 7, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 23, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20442
- CBO publication date
- December 23, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6893, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/hr/6893
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5136a4d7e092b5ebf92684cacc14204d6f84fde87c9b48f9c21cab8a35640dba
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6893, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jim McDermott.
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- H.R. 2608 (110th) SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act
- H.R. 5749 (110th) Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2008
- H.R. 6307 (110th) Fostering Connections to Success Act
- H.Res. 1185 (110th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should recognize the important contributions of Americans who serve as…
- H.Res. 527 (110th) Recognizing the month of November as "National Homeless Youth Awareness Month".
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.