House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Keeping Girls in School Act

H.R. 2153Introduced Apr 9, 2019Policy area: International Affairs

Where it went

IntroducedApr 9, 2019
Committee actionOct 30, 2019
Passed HouseJan 28, 2020 · by voice vote
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Jan 30, 2020 — 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. 2153.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2153, Keeping Girls in School Act” on December 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on October 30, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2019 ↗
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https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55923
CBO publication date
December 5, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2153, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FRANKEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 61, April 9, 2019, Page H3218):
Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 9, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 2153, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2153
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list 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

116 cosponsors — 29 Republicans, 87 Democrats

29 of 116 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.

Don Bacon (R-NE), Karen Bass (D-CA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Paul Cook (R-CA), James Cooper (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Joe Cunningham (D-SC), John Curtis (R-UT), Susan Davis (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA) and 86 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lois Frankel.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-21 district

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