House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedApr 26, 2018
- Committee actionMay 17, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 10, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 11, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5626.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5626, Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018” on June 13, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on May 17, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54043
- CBO publication date
- June 13, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5626, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 68, April 26, 2018, Page H3706):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 26, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 106 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5626, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5626
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5626, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
David Cicilline (D-RI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Langevin (D-RI), Brenda Lawrence (D-MI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Ted Yoho (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.