House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Adoptive Family Relief Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 25, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2922.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 103, June 25, 2015, Page H4773):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4: To establish a uniform Rule of NaturalizationSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 77 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2922, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2922
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 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
63 cosponsors — 38 Republicans, 25 Democrats
25 of 63 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Dave Brat (R-VA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), André Carson (D-IN), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Susan Davis (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Sean Duffy (R-WI), John Duncan (R-TN), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Steve Israel (D-NY), Eddie Johnson (D-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), John Kline (R-MN), Stephen Knight (R-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), John Lewis (D-GA) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks.
- H.R. 1073 (114th) CIPA
- H.R. 36 (114th) Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
- H.R. 3504 (114th) Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- H.R. 308 (114th) Keep the Promise Act of 2015
- H.R. 4771 (114th) Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016
- H.R. 4924 (114th) Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2016
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.