Senate bill · 112th Congress · Public Law 112-276
Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012
Became law on Jan 14, 2013.
Sponsor: Sen. John Kerry D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 21, 2012
- Committee actionSep 19, 2012
- Passed SenateDec 5, 2012 · by voice vote
- Passed HouseJan 1, 2013 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentJan 3, 2013
- Became lawJan 14, 2013
Latest action: Jan 14, 2013 — Became Public Law No: 112-276.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 3331.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 3331, Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012” on October 18, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on September 19, 2012”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 18, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43673
- CBO publication date
- October 18, 2012
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3331, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/3331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-234 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Foreign Relations Committee on November 13, 2012.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2012 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/SRPT/234
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 3331, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/3331
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2402ff71863afa9528349df3bb820a50ad22847eee26f4eeebd99a371e9880a6
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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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Richard Durbin (D-IL), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Richard Lugar (R-IN).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.