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Homeless and Foster Youth Achievement Act [HB-3221]
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[Housing ]
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Homeless and Foster Youth Achievement Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require a state to include additional information in its annual state report card. Under current law, a state must include data regarding student achievement on state academic assessments, both in the aggregate and disaggregated by race, ethnicity, disability status, migrant status, English proficiency, and status as disadvantaged. For purposes of a state's annual report card, the bill expands those categories to include homeless status
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
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Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015 [HB-3160]
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[Social Security ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
Foster Youth Independence Act of 2015 This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow the chief executive officer of a state to certify that the state will provide assistance and services under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program to youths who have aged out of foster care and have not attained age 23 if: the state has elected to extend the eligibility for foster care to all children up to age 21, or the responsible state agency uses state or other funds not provided under
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 07/28/2015
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Adoption Promotion Act of 2015 [HB-311]
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[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
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Adoption Promotion Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that pregnancy options counseling funded through training grants for family planning service program personnel includes adoption counseling and is provided by licensed social workers or counselors who have knowledge and experience in adoption practice. Requires that family planning service program training include training on the adoption process. Requires research related to family planning and population funded
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Sponsored by: Rep. Billy Long
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 01/16/2015
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Education Stability for Foster Youth Act [HB-3087]
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Education Stability for Foster Youth Act This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require a state plan for academic content and achievement standards to describe how the state will ensure the educational stability of children in foster care. Specifically, a state plan must include assurances that: (1) a foster child will remain or be enrolled in the child’s school of origin absent a determination that such enrollment is not in the child’s best interest; (2) if such a determination is made, the child will be immediately
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Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Bass
Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/16/2015
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-3020]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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[Children and Youth ]
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[Social Security ]
[Pensions ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Veterans ]
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[Grants ]
[Libraries ]
[Human Rights ]
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2016 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, Job Corps, Community Service Employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 114-195, By Mr. Cole. on 07/10/2015
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Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act [HB-294]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
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Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act (Sec. 2) Authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 2015, at the request of a veteran for whom the VA is required to provide nursing home care, to place such veteran in a medical foster home that meets VA standards. Requires such veteran to agree, as a condition of such placement, to accept VA home health services. Limits the number of veterans placed in a medical foster home that may have their care covered at the expense of the United States to 900.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Donald Norcross
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Veterans' Affairs. on 03/03/2015
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Adoptive Family Relief Act [HB-2922]
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[Immigration ]
Adoptive Family Relief Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare that if an immigrant visa was issued on or after March 27, 2013, for a child who has been lawfully adopted, or who is coming to the United States to be adopted, by a U.S. citizen, any statutory immigrant visa fees relating to a renewal or replacement of such visa may be waived or refunded if: the child was unable to use the original immigrant visa during the period of its validity as a direct result of extraordinary circumstances, including the denial of an
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 07/29/2015
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Protecting Adoption Act [HB-2818]
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[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
Protecting Adoption Act Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish and maintain an automated National Responsible Father Registry. Requires the Registry to: (1) contain specified kinds of information sufficient to identify a possible father, and (2) provide a mechanism for men to register such identifying information directly with the Registry. Limits access to Registry information to eligible parties, including: (1) public and licensed private
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert J. Wittman
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 07/02/2015
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Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act [HB-2798]
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Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act Requires the Department of Homeland Security to work with the heads of other relevant federal agencies to conduct a review of refugee processing with the goal of streamlining processing, consistent with maintaining security. Requires the Department of State (Department) to establish overseas refugee English language and work orientation training programs prior to the departure for the United States of refugees who have been approved for U.S. admission. Permits: (1) refugees (and their spouses and children)
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 07/01/2015
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Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act [HB-2751]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
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Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act Establishes the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children in the Office of Tribal Justice of the Department of Justice. Requires the President and Congress to appoint to the Commission individuals who have significant experience and expertise in Indian affairs and matters to be studied by the Commission. Requires the Commission to establish a Native Advisory Committee consisting of representatives of Indian tribes from each region of the Bureau of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Ruiz
Referred To The Subcommittee On Indian, Insular And Alaska Native Affairs. on 07/01/2015
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Every Child Deserves a Family Act [HB-2449]
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Every Child Deserves a Family Act Prohibits adoption or foster care placement service entities that receive federal assistance (or that contract with entities receiving such assistance) from using the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of a prospective adoptive or foster parent, or from using the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child, to: (1) deny a person the opportunity to become an adoptive or foster parent; (2) delay or deny the placement of a child for adoption or into foster care; or (3) require different or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 06/01/2015
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Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2015 [HB-2434]
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[Children and Youth ]
Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2015 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the tax credit for adoption expenses refundable.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Russell
Introduced In House on 05/19/2015
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GRAND Act Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act [HB-2188]
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[Children and Youth ]
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[Nonprofit ]
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GRAND Act Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide assistance for each fiscal year to up to five eligible nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of specialized housing and social services for qualified elderly relatives, age 60 or older, who are raising a child of whom they are not a parent either by blood or marriage. States that nothing in this Act shall preclude a recipient of such assistance from applying for or receiving financial assistance
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Introduced In House on 04/30/2015
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To ensure the safety and well-being of adopted children. [HB-2068]
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To ensure the safety and well-being of adopted children. Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to make it a purpose of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services Program to promote efforts to prevent children from entering the foster care system through the provision of pre- and post-adoptive support services. Extends adoption promotion and support services to those designed to support adoptions from other countries as well as domestic adoptions. Specifies related pre- and post-adoptive support
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 05/14/2015
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Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 [HB-191]
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[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
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Repeal Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 This bill shifts from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) the authority to parole an alien temporarily into the United States, on a case-by-case basis, and in the Secretary's sole discretion, for an urgent humanitarian reasons or for another reason strictly in the public interest. A humanitarian parole is limited to: a medical emergency or organ or tissue donation in certain circumstances; or a situation in which a close family member in the United States is dying and the alien could
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve King
Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 02/02/2015
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Rehab and Ahmed Amer Foster Care Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-1868]
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[Social Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Rehab and Ahmed Amer Foster Care Improvement Act of 2015 Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements that states must follow to contact the adult relatives of a child removed from the custody of his or her parents. Requires the state, within 90 days after making a placement decision, to provide notice of the decision and the reasons for it to each parent of the child, each relative who has expressed an interest in caring for the child, the guardian, and other specified parties.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 05/01/2015
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Special Needs Tax Credit Act [HB-1747]
[Taxes ]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
Special Needs Tax Credit Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based tax credit, up to $5,000 in a taxable year, for legal expenses paid to establish a legal guardianship of a disabled individual.
Sponsored by: Rep. Theodore E. Deutch
Introduced In House on 04/13/2015
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Tribal Adoption Parity Act [HB-1542]
[Taxes ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Children and Youth ]
Tribal Adoption Parity Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow Indian tribes to make the determination that a child is a child with special needs for purposes of the adoption tax credit.
Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 04/07/2015
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Social Impact Partnership Act [HB-1336]
[Social Security ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Finance ]
[Education ]
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Social Impact Partnership Act Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services and Elder Justice) of the Social Security Act to add a new part C (Social Impact Partnerships). Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to publish in the Federal Register a request for proposals from states or local government for social impact partnership projects which produce measurable, clearly defined outcomes that result in social benefit, such as employment for the unemployed, high school graduation, and reduction of teen and unplanned
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 03/19/2015
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Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015 [HB-1299]
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[Religion ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Funding ]
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015 Prohibits the federal government, and any state that receives federal funding for any program that provides child welfare services under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSAct), from discriminating or taking an adverse action against a child welfare service provider that declines to provide, facilitate, or refer for a child welfare service that conflicts with the provider's sincerely held religious beliefs or moral
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 03/19/2015