House bill · 116th Congress · Public Law 116-184
Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2019
Became law on Oct 30, 2020.
Sponsor: Rep. Doug Collins R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 28, 2019
- Committee actionApr 9, 2019
- Passed HouseMay 20, 2019 · 397–0
- Passed SenateSep 30, 2020 · by unanimous consent
- To the PresidentOct 20, 2020
- Became lawOct 30, 2020
Latest action: Oct 30, 2020 — Became Public Law No: 116-184.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1952.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1952, Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2019” on April 17, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 17, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55122
- CBO publication date
- April 17, 2019
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1952, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1952
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 54, March 28, 2019, Page H2918):This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 4 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 28, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 106 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1952, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1952
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1952, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Langevin (D-RI), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1034 (116th) Phair Pricing Act of 2019
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.