Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act

Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleTo reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program, and for other purposes.
Announced inthe 113th United States Congress
Sponsored byRep. Dave Camp (R, MI-4)
Number of co-sponsors3
Codification
Acts affectedSocial Security Act, Internal Revenue Code of 1986
U.S.C. sections affected42 U.S.C. § 673b, 42 U.S.C. § 673, 42 U.S.C. § 503, 42 U.S.C. § 627
Agencies affectedDepartment of Health and Human Services
Authorizations of appropriations$679,000,000
Legislative history

The Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act (H.R. 3205) is a bill that would extend and modify an existing grant program. States use the grants to match up families who want to adopt children with kids who are in foster care.[1] The bill was introduced in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.

Provisions of the bill

The Adoption Incentives program is found in Section 473A of the Social Security Act.[2] This program would be reauthorized and modified by the Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act.[3] The bill would reauthorize the program for three years. It would also change the method used to calculate whether a state received a grant. Under existing law, states are rewarded by the raw number of adoptions they facilitate.[4] The Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act would change this to measure the adoption rate instead, to "ensure that state receive awards even while cost care caseloads continue to decline."[4]

Procedural history

House

The Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act was introduced into the House on September 27, 2013 by Rep. Dave Camp (R, MI-4).[5] It was referred to the United States House Committee on Ways and Means.[5] On October 17, 2013, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced that H.R. 2083 was scheduled for a vote under a suspension of the rules on October 22, 2013.[6] The House passed the bill on October 22, 2013 in Roll Call Vote 552 by a vote of 402–0.[5]

Debate and discussion

The bill was considered to be nonpartisan.[1] Newspaper The Hill said that this bill and three others from the week of October 21, 2013, would give the House "a chance to practice the long-forgotten art of working together."[1] This was a reference to the contentious United States federal government shutdown of 2013, which ended the previous week.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Kasperowicz, Pete (18 October 2013). "A closer look at next week: Why can't we be friends?". The Hill. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. ^ Stoltzfus, Emilie (18 April 2013). "Child Welfare: Structure and Funding of the Adoption Incentives Program along with Reauthorization Issues" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  3. ^ "H.R. 3205 – Text". United States Congress. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b Ripon Advance Reports (30 September 2013). "Reichert, bipartisan group introduce Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act". The Ripon Advance. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "H.R. 3205 – All Actions". United States Congress. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Leader's Weekly Schedule – Week of October 21, 2013" (PDF). House Majority Leader's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

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