House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
In Good Standing Adoption Agencies Act of 2026
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Jefferson Shreve R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7236.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHREVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 16, January 23, 2026, Page H1912):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7236, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7236
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 12, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jefferson Shreve.
- H.R. 1501 (119th) Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025
- H.R. 3426 (119th) Courthouse Affordability and Space Efficiency Act of 2025
- H.R. 5490 (119th) Dismantle Foreign Scam Syndicates Act
- H.R. 7003 (119th) BIS STRENGTH Act
- H.R. 7633 (119th) American Assistance Visibility Act
- H.R. 816 (119th) Build the Wall Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 3235 (119th) MOMS ActRelated bill
- S. 1630 (119th) MOMS ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.