House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
In Good Standing Adoption Agencies Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rep. Doug Lamborn R-COWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5540.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAMBORN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4382):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain a national list of licensed private child placement agencies, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 299 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5540, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5540
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 19, 2024). 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Yadira Caraveo (D-CO), Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug Lamborn.
- H.R. 6862 (118th) Mineral Mining Parity Act
- H.R. 983 (118th) Second Chance at Life Act of 2023
- H.Res. 464 (118th) Acknowledging that unborn children are legal and constitutional persons who are entitled to the equal protection of the laws.
- H.R. 1408 (118th) Taylor Force Martyr Payment Prevention Act of 2023
- H.R. 4582 (118th) Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2023
- H.R. 6530 (118th) Energy Parity Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.