House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Adoption Outcomes and Affordability Act of 2021
Sponsor: Rep. Lloyd Smucker R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 5, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 5, 2021 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2375.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 60, April 5, 2021, Page H1714):Article I, Section 8, clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2375, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2375
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 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 July 21, 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
5 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 5 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Blake Moore (R-UT), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
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- H.R. 4287 (117th) USA Workforce Tax Credit Act
- H.R. 845 (117th) VA Billing Accountability Act
- H.R. 607 (117th) To establish the Election Integrity Commission to study the integrity and administration of the general election for Federal office held…
- H.R. 2437 (117th) To extend to May 17 the first scheduled individual estimated tax payment for 2021.
- H.R. 608 (117th) Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2021
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.