House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act
Sponsor: Rep. Dave Camp R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 27, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseOct 22, 2013 · 402–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 28, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3205.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3205, Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act” on October 22, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As Introduced on September 27, 2013”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 22, 2013 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44669
- CBO publication date
- October 22, 2013
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3205, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAMP, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5922):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 145 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3205, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b55cbb1c3d006fd371e1fc723d775b94da9734ae28c091303d936290e59f1f86
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4980, which became Public Law 113-183 on 9/29/2014.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3205, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3205
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b55cbb1c3d006fd371e1fc723d775b94da9734ae28c091303d936290e59f1f86
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
14 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 14 cosponsors (36%) are from the other party.
Kevin Brady (R-TX), Danny Davis (D-IL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Sander Levin (D-MI), Charles Rangel (D-NY), David Reichert (R-WA), James Renacci (R-OH), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Robert Wittman (R-VA), Todd Young (R-IN).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dave Camp.
- H.R. 5021 (113th) Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014
- H.R. 4980 (113th) Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act
- H.R. 4994 (113th) IMPACT Act of 2014
- H.R. 325 (113th) No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013
- H.R. 5771 (113th) Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
- H.R. 3865 (113th) Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act of 2014
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.