House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Tribal Adoption Parity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2024
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 10, 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8355.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 82, May 10, 2024, Page H3006):Article 1, Section 8, U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Tribal adoption tax creditSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 109 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8355, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8355
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 6, 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 August 6, 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Mike Kelly (R-PA), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Derek Kilmer.
- H.R. 3507 (118th) Yes In My Backyard Act
- H.R. 929 (118th) Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2023
- H.R. 1015 (118th) Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 4335 (118th) VA Loan Informed Disclosure Act of 2023
- H.R. 5995 (118th) Federal Retirement Fairness Act
- H.R. 3011 (118th) To establish a task force of the Department of Defense on mental health.
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.