House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
ADOPT Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to criminalize unlawful adoption practices.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Aderholt R-ALWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 20, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 20, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6170.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ADERHOLT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 196, November 20, 2025, Page H4876):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6170, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6170
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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.
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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
19 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 19 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Judy Chu (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Laurel Lee (R-FL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Adam Smith (D-WA), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Aderholt.
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- H.R. 5304 (119th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 9260 (119th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.Res. 729 (119th) Expressing support for and honoring September 17, 2025, as "Constitution Day".
- H.Res. 855 (119th) Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the…
Related bills
- S. 3285 (119th) ADOPT Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.