Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Adoption and foster care

Bill Introduced: H.R.1732 Strengthening the Child Welfare Response to Human Trafficking Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of human trafficking, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1597 Special Needs Tax Credit Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit to individuals for legal expenses paid with respect to establishing guardianship of a disabled individual.

Bill Introduced: S.744 JOLT Act of 2013

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1525 Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2013

2013-04-11T20:00:00Z

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1476 Dave Thomas Adoption Act of 2013

2013-04-09T20:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1358 STEM Opportunities Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To direct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to carry out programs and activities to ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.8 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

2013-03-14T20:00:00Z

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1096 Enhancing the Quality of Parental Legal Representation Act of 2013

2013-03-11T20:00:00Z

To provide funds to State courts for the provision of legal representation to parents and legal guardians with respect to child welfare cases.

Bill Introduced: H.R.958 Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013

2013-03-04T19:00:00Z

To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.898 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-02-27T19:00:00Z

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2014 through 2017 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.680 Rilya Wilson Act

2013-02-12T19:00:00Z

To require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.651 Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act

2013-02-12T19:00:00Z

To modify provisions of law relating to refugee resettlement, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.629 Violence Against Immigrant Women Act of 2013

2013-02-12T19:00:00Z

To provide protections against violence against immigrant women, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.517 Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2013

2013-02-04T19:00:00Z

To provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.131 Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013

2013-01-23T19:00:00Z

A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the reproductive assistance provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to severely wounded, ill, or injured veterans and their spouses, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.365 Territorial TANF Equity Act of 2013

2013-01-22T19:00:00Z

To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on certain payments under the TANF program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.34 Calling on the United States and Russia to continue cooperation in securing safe and loving homes for unparented children.

2013-01-14T19:00:00Z

Calling on the United States and Russia to continue cooperation in securing safe and loving homes for unparented children.

Bill Introduced: H.R.286 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain State foster care program payments made to the biological parents of disabled children.

2013-01-14T19:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain State foster care program payments made to the biological parents of disabled children.

Bill Introduced: H.Res.24 Expressing the deep disappointment of the House of Representatives in the enactment by the Russia Government of a law ending inter-country adoptions of Russian children by United States citizens and urging the Russia Government to reconsider the law and prioritize the processing of inter-country adoptions involving parentless Russian children who were already matched with United States families before the enactment of the law.

2013-01-13T19:00:00Z

Expressing the deep disappointment of the House of Representatives in the enactment by the Russia Government of a law ending inter-country adoptions of Russian children by United States citizens and urging the Russia Government to reconsider the law and prioritize the processing of inter-country adoptions involving parentless Russian children who were already matched with United States families before the enactment of the law.

Bill Introduced: H.R.243 Bowles-Simpson Plan of Lowering America's Debt Act

2013-01-13T19:00:00Z

To adopt the seven immediate reforms recommended by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient.