Fostering Our Future Act of 2005

To improve foster care court capacity through grants, loan forgiveness, and performance measurement.

9/13/2005--Introduced.
Fostering Our Future Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to state courts to build capacity to track and analyze foster care caseloads and performance measures under the Omnibus Budget Reconcilation Act of 1993, as amended by this Act. Requires such grants to be made to the highest state courts in states participating in the program of federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to condition eligibility for certain grants on specified measures of foster care court performance. Amends Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of student loan forgiveness for certain family law, dependency, or domestic relations attorneys. Directs the Comptroller General to do a comparative study of state dependency courts and foster care systems. Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to:
(1) court accountability for improved child outcomes;
(2) the organization of state dependency courts;
(3) building the pool of attorneys qualified to handle cases in dependency courts; and
(5) training, caseloads, and compensation of attorneys for children.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
  • Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]
  • Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10]
  • Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47]
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Committees

• House Judiciary
• 5 more
  • House Ways and Means
  • House Judiciary
  • House Education and the Workforce
  • House Education and the Workforce
  • House Ways and Means
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.3758

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
September 13, 2005

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• Nov 07, 2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
• Oct 17, 2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
• Sep 22, 2005: Introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8326-8327)
• Sep 21, 2005: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
• Introduced on Sep 13, 2005.
• Sep 13, 2005: Referred to House Judiciary

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Related Issue Areas:

• Children
• Adoption
• Bar associations
• Budgets
• 44 more
• Child abuse
• Child support
• Child welfare
• Child witnesses
• Civil liberties
• Congress
• Congressional investigations
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Court records
• Criminal justice
• Custody of children
• Domestic relations
• Education
• Families
• Family courts
• Federal aid to education
• Foster home care
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government statistics
• Grants-in-aid
• Guardian and ward
• Higher education
• Job training
• Judges
• Judicial officers
• Juvenile delinquency
• Law
• Lawyers
• Legal education
• Legal fees
• Legal services
• Parent and child
• Parents
• Parties to actions
• Paternity
• Performance measurement
• Right to counsel
• Scholarships
• State and local government
• State courts
• State laws
• Student loan funds
• Welfare

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