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| 109-hr-6425 | 109 | hr | 6425 | Safe Babies Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] | FL | R | R000435 | 4 | Safe Babies Act of 2006 - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to require the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award a grant to a national early childhood development organization to establish a National Court Teams Resource Center to: (1) promote the well-being of maltreated infants and toddlers and their families; (2) help prevent the recurrence of abuse and neglect of children; (3) promote timely reunification of families or other successful permanency outcomes for maltreated infants and toddlers in foster care; and (4) select, and provide assistance to, local Court Teams created to achieve those goals. Sets forth organization selection criteria and application requirements, including assurance that at least one qualified judge will serve as Judicial Leader of each Court Team receiving assistance. Requires the Center to: (1) develop materials to guide judges in the decision-making process regarding, and to train Court Teams in the appropriate care for, maltreated infants and toddlers; (2) develop a database to track the progress of and to evaluate such Teams; and (3) provide information to communities and courts seeking to adopt the Court Teams approach. Requires Center assistance to each Team to include: (1) direction, coordination, oversight, training, and technical assistance; and (2) providing a Local Community Coordinator to serve as a resource of child development expertise. | 2021-04-20T20:38:01Z | |
| 109-hr-6391 | 109 | hr | 6391 | Emergency Child Care for the Gulf Coast Region Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-12-06 | 2006-12-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 0 | Emergency Child Care for the Gulf Coast Region Act of 2006 - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish grant programs for: (1) businesses and consortia in the Gulf Coast Region to pay start-up costs and to provide additional child care services for employees; (2) nonprofit business organizations in the Region to provide technical assistance to such businesses for child care services; (3) entities to develop distance learning child care training technology infrastructures and model technology-based training courses for child care providers and workers in the Region; and (4) child care providers in the Region to improve the qualifications and promote the retention of such providers. Defines "Gulf Coast Region" to mean the area declared by the President to be a major disaster as a consequence of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make scholarship grants to child care providers to improve their educational qualifications to provide services. | 2020-02-10T16:51:21Z | |
| 109-sconres-121 | 109 | sconres | 121 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that joint custody laws for fit parents should be passed by each State, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives. | Families | 2006-09-29 | 2006-09-29 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10758-10759) | Senate | Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] | HI | D | A000069 | 0 | Calls for each state to pass joint custody laws for fit parents. | 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z | |
| 109-hr-6209 | 109 | hr | 6209 | Religious Freedom for Providers of Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Services Act | Families | 2006-09-27 | 2006-09-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] | PA | R | E000187 | 11 | Religious Freedom for Providers of Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Services Act - Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance to a state or local government that discriminates against any entity that provides adoption or foster care services to only those couples who are united in marriage (defined as a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife) and to only those individuals whose conduct is in accordance with such entity's religious principles and practices. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hr-6215 | 109 | hr | 6215 | City Youth Violence Recovery Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-09-27 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | L000557 | 29 | City Youth Violence Recovery Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to partnerships between a state mental health authority and one or more local public or private entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of youth violence in urban communities with a high or increasing incidence of such violence by providing violence-prevention education, mentoring, counseling, and mental health services to children and adolescents. Gives priority to grant applicants that agree to use the grant in communities that lack the resources to address youth violence. Requires grant applicants to agree to use no more than 15% of a grant for violence-prevention education. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hr-6217 | 109 | hr | 6217 | ABC Act | Families | 2006-09-27 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 0 | Access to Books for Children Act, or the ABC Act - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to local agencies to provide vouchers to women participating in the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) for the purchase of educational books for their infants and children. Limits to one $5 voucher the maximum amount any one woman may receive, regardless of the number of her infants or children. | 2023-01-12T17:52:15Z | |
| 109-hconres-477 | 109 | hconres | 477 | Expressing the sense of the Congress that the States should enact joint custody laws for fit parents, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives. | Families | 2006-09-21 | 2006-09-21 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] | MD | R | B000208 | 2 | Calls for states to pass joint custody laws for fit parents. | 2023-01-12T17:52:23Z | |
| 109-hr-6067 | 109 | hr | 6067 | Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act | Families | 2006-09-13 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] | OH | D | R000577 | 24 | Reducing the Need for Abortion and Supporting Parents Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. Provides for: (1) grants to prevent teen pregnancy; and (2) a national center for parents of adolescents to support parents in preventing teen pregnancy. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of Social Security Act to expand coverage of family planning services. Sets forth requirements for primary care clinics that receive federal financial assistance and provide abortion services. Expands state options to provide health care coverage to low-income pregnant women. Title X Family Planning Services Act of 2006 - Authorizes appropriations for voluntary family planning projects. Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit individual health insurance coverage from excluding pregnancy as a preexisting condition. Provides for: (1) grants for ultrasound equipment and prenatal testing for pregnant women; and (2) programs to better identify and treat pregnant women and mothers who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. Allows the Secretary to make grants to public institutions of higher education to assist students who have decided to carry their pregnancies to term and parenting students in continuing their studies and graduating. Requires the Secretary to require that federally funded group homes for pregnant and parenting women provide, upon request, adoption counseling and counseling on parenting skills. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax credit for adoption expenses; (2) make such tax credit refundable; and (3) increase the exclusion from gross income for employer-paid adoption expenses. Provides for: (1) education of teen and first-time mothers through home visits by registered nurses; and (2) the collection and reporting of abortion surveillance data. | 2023-01-12T17:52:20Z | |
| 109-hres-1009 | 109 | hres | 1009 | Supporting efforts to promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth and youth in other high-risk situations. | Families | 2006-09-13 | 2006-09-27 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] | NV | R | P000589 | 6 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses support for efforts to promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives and resources for homeless and other high-risk youth. | 2023-01-12T17:52:11Z | |
| 109-sres-566 | 109 | sres | 566 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the importance of preventing child abuse and neglect before they occur and achieving permanency and stability for children who must experience foster care. | Families | 2006-09-12 | 2006-09-12 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9367-9368) | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 0 | Calls for Congress to: (1) increase funding to provide for additional child welfare service caseworkers and associated administrative costs; (2) encourage states to set goals for decreasing caseloads of caseworkers in order to ensure quality service for the most vulnerable children; and (3) encourage states to implement policies with increased educational and professional development expectations for caseworkers. | 2023-01-12T17:52:01Z | |
| 109-s-3797 | 109 | s | 3797 | Choices in Child Care Act | Families | 2006-08-03 | 2006-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 1 | Choices in Child Care Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to five to seven states for demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits to low-income families. Allows grants to Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary to seek to ensure geographic diversity among participants and to give priority to states that demonstrate a commitment to improving the quality of infant care and the choices available to parents of infants, that have relevant experience, and that have a shortage of infant care. Requires states, to participate in the demonstration project, to certify to the Secretary that the state: (1) will not reduce expenditures for child care services while carrying out the project; (2) will not give priority or preference to low-income families seeking to receive at-home infant care benefits over other families on a waiting list for child care assistance through other state programs, but will select a combination of such families; and (3) will ensure that applicants are permitted to choose between receipt of at-home care subsidies and certificates for child care needed for employment. Sets forth eligibility requirements for families seeking assistance, including having a parent who had a recent work history prior to the application for benefits. Requires states to permit two-parent families to participate in the project, but prohibits states from limiting participation in the project to such families. | 2023-01-12T17:52:25Z | |
| 109-s-3803 | 109 | s | 3803 | Protecting Rights of Unknowing Dads and Fostering Access To Help Encourage Responsibility (Proud Father) Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-08-03 | 2006-08-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 0 | Protecting Rights of Unknowing Dads and Fostering Access To Help Encourage Responsibility (Proud Father) Act of 2006 - 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: (1) establish and maintain an automated National Putative Father Registry; and (2) only accept authentic requests to search the registry. Prohibits the disclosure of information from the registry if it would contravene a national security interest or if such disclosure would compromise the confidentiality of census data. States that a certificate of search or registration issued by the Secretary serves as rebuttable evidence of efforts to locate a putative father and provide him with notice concerning paternity issues. Requires each putative father to be given notice of: (1) a proceeding concerning a child he has or may have fathered being adopted or entered into state custody; (2) the termination of paternal rights; and (3) the establishment of paternity. Directs the Secretary to establish a nationwide responsible fatherhood and putative father registry educational campaign. Requires the Secretary to make grants to states for assistance in programs concerning: (1) improving the protection of the rights of responsible unwed fathers in legal proceedings; (2) improving the laws involving the abandonment of a child by the biological father; (3) assisting mothers in making plans for their children's future; and (4) protecting the privacy and safety of birth parents. Sets forth state eligibility requirements for the grant program, including providing assurances that the state will put into effect a law that defines what constitutes prebirth abandonment and abandonment subsequent to birth. Provides that any person who knowingly submits false information to a state registry shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be subject to a fine. Requires the state to establish procedures to ensure that the information maintained in the registry is subject to estab… | 2023-01-12T17:52:24Z | |
| 109-sres-547 | 109 | sres | 547 | A resolution recognizing and supporting the successes of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 in increasing adoption, observing the efforts that the Act has spurred, including National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month, and encouraging citizens of the United States to consider adoption throughout the year. | Families | 2006-08-02 | 2006-11-16 | Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S11102) | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes and supports: (1) the success of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 and of the efforts it has spurred; and (2) the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month. Encourages U.S. citizens to consider adoption throughout the year. | 2023-01-12T17:52:23Z | |
| 109-hr-5992 | 109 | hr | 5992 | Choices in Child Care Act | Families | 2006-07-28 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 4 | Choices in Child Care Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to five to seven states for demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits to low-income families. Allows grants to Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary to seek to ensure geographic diversity among participants and to give priority to states that demonstrate a commitment to improving the quality of infant care and the choices available to parents of infants, that have relevant experience, and that have a shortage of infant care. Requires states, to participate in the demonstration project, to certify to the Secretary that the state: (1) will not reduce expenditures for child care services while carrying out the project; (2) will not give priority or preference to low-income families seeking to receive at-home infant care benefits over other families on a waiting list for child care assistance through other state programs, but will select a combination of such families; and (3) will ensure that applicants are permitted to choose between receipt of at-home care subsidies and certificates for child care needed for employment. Sets forth eligibility requirements for families seeking assistance, including having a parent who had a recent work history prior to the application for benefits. Requires states to permit two-parent families to participate in the project, but prohibits states from limiting participation in the project to such families. | 2023-01-12T17:52:33Z | |
| 109-hr-6011 | 109 | hr | 6011 | Coordinated Youth Education, Employment Training, and Residential Treatment Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-07-28 | 2006-09-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3] | NE | R | O000165 | 6 | Coordinated Youth Education, Employment Training, and Residential Treatment Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Labor to make grants to Boys and Girls Home and Family Services, Inc., to establish programs and facilities for residential treatment, specialized education, and employment training and other appropriate levels of service to youth with serious mental, psychological, behavioral, and emotional problems. | 2023-01-12T17:52:32Z | |
| 109-hres-959 | 109 | hres | 959 | Recognizing and supporting the success of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 in increasing adoption and the efforts the Act has spurred including National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month, and encouraging adoption throughout the year. | Families | 2006-07-27 | 2006-09-19 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] | MI | R | C000071 | 19 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes and supports: (1) the success of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 and of the efforts it has spurred; and (2) the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month. Encourages adoption throughout the year. | 2023-01-12T17:52:09Z | |
| 109-hr-5803 | 109 | hr | 5803 | Keeping Families Together Act | Families | 2006-07-13 | 2006-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] | MN | R | R000033 | 27 | Keeping Families Together Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to states to establish systems of care to treat and provide services to all children who are in the custody of the state or at-risk of entering into the custody of the state for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires states to use grant funds for certain activities, including to: (1) expand public health insurance programs to cover community-based mental health and family support services for such children and their families that will be sustainable after the grant has expired; (2) provide outreach and public education concerning available programs and activities; and (3) provide training and professional development for personnel who work with such children. Requires the Administrator to establish a task force to examine: (1) problems of mental health in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems; (2) issues with respect to access by children and youth to mental health services; and (3) the role of federal agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services. | 2023-01-12T17:52:38Z | |
| 109-hjres-91 | 109 | hjres | 91 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. | Families | 2006-07-11 | 2006-07-11 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] | TX | R | G000552 | 0 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of one man and one woman. | 2023-01-13T04:50:34Z | |
| 109-hr-5752 | 109 | hr | 5752 | Mentoring Matches for Youth Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-07-10 | 2006-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2] | CT | R | S001152 | 7 | Mentoring Matches for Youth Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in FY2008-FY2012 to expand their mentoring programs for at-risk youth. | 2023-01-12T17:52:39Z | |
| 109-hr-5694 | 109 | hr | 5694 | Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act | Families | 2006-06-28 | 2006-09-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] | GA | D | B001252 | 4 | Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require a state to include as part of its regulatory process for issuance and renewal of licenses to providers of child care services, a recommendation to each provider that it carry current liability insurance. Requires state plans for the use of child care and development block grant funds to certify that there are in effect state or local health and safety requirements that each child care provider: (1) post publicly and conspicuously in the service area of its premises a notice specifying whether it carries current liability insurance; and (2) give written notice to parents about whether it carries such insurance, obtain the signature of at least one parent per child acknowledging receipt of such notice, and maintain records of such signed notice while a child receives services and for one year thereafter. | 2023-01-13T04:50:46Z | |
| 109-hr-5640 | 109 | hr | 5640 | Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-06-20 | 2006-07-12 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 311. | House | Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] | CA | R | H000528 | 11 | Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 - (Sec. 3) Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to the promoting safe and stable families (PSSF) program to: (1) prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making any payment of PSSF funds to a state for administrative costs that exceed 10% of the state's total program expenditures; (2) reauthorize the program at current levels through FY2011; (3) increase the set-asides for Indian tribes from 2% to 3% of any discretionary funds appropriated and from 1% to 3% of the mandatory funds authorized and remaining after the separate reservation of funds for monthly caseworkers is made; (4) eliminate the authority of the Secretary to exempt tribes from any of the PSSF plan requirements; (5) permit an intertribal consortia to submit a single PSSF program plan for approval; and (6) provide that tribes may form consortia in order to meet the $10,000 minimum funding threshold required to be eligible to receive tribal PSSF program funds. (Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to reserve $40 million each fiscal year for allotments to support monthly caseworker visits to children in foster care under state responsibility. Requires states to use such money primarily for activities designed to improve caseworker retention, recruitment, training, and ability to access the benefits of technology. Sets forth special rules for funds reserved to support monthly caseworker visits, including requirements for state submission of data on: (1) frequency and location of such visits; and (2) state ability to verify visit frequency. (Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for child welfare services (CWS). Modifies state plan as well as state allotment and reimbursement requirements under the CWS program. Repeals requirements that a state CWS plan apply certain child day care standards and provide for training and effective use of paraprofessionals. Requires state plans to describe: (1) services and activities to be fund… | 2023-01-13T04:50:48Z | |
| 109-hjres-88 | 109 | hjres | 88 | Marriage Protection Amendment | Families | 2006-06-06 | 2006-07-18 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] | CO | R | M001152 | 134 | Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. | 2023-01-13T04:50:51Z | |
| 109-s-2999 | 109 | s | 2999 | Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-05-24 | 2006-05-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 3 | Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 - Amends the Social Security Act to require each state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that the state shall: (1) have in effect procedures for orderly and timely interstate placement of children; (2) complete home studies requested by another state within a specified period; (3) accept such studies received from another state; and (4) not impose any restrictions on contracting with a private agency to conduct such a study. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for timely interstate home study incentive payments to states that have approved plans and that have completed, and provided the Secretary a report on, such studies. Expresses the sense of Congress that state agencies should cooperate with courts which have authority with respect to the placement of a child in foster care or for adoption for the purpose of locating a parent of the child. Amends the definition of "case review system" to: (1) increase the required frequency of state caseworker visits to a child who is placed in foster care outside the state in which the child's parents reside; (2) require a child's health and education record to be supplied to the child at no cost when he/she leaves foster care by reason of having attained the age of majority under state law; and (3) provide for a foster parent's right (currently, opportunity) to be heard in any proceeding (currently, review or hearing) respecting their foster child. Requires state courts to ensure that foster parents, pre-adoptive parents, and relative caregivers of a child in foster care are notified of any such proceedings. Includes among the purposes of grants to the highest state courts the assessment of the court's role in carrying out state laws requiring proceedings that determine the best strategy to use to expedite the interstate placement of children. Provides for consideration of out-of-state placements in permanency hearings, case plans, and case revi… | 2023-01-13T04:48:13Z | |
| 109-hr-5436 | 109 | hr | 5436 | Fostering Our Future Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-05-19 | 2006-07-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | S001150 | 13 | Fostering Our Future Act of 2006 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require, for grants to the highest state courts for foster care proceedings, that the state in which the courts are located has laws and procedures in effect that will ensure that the courts measure their performance with respect to children under the court's jurisdiction. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to forgive the student loan debt of a borrower who: (1) enters a written agreement with the Secretary to remain employed full-time as a family law, dependency, or domestic relations attorney for at least three years; and (2) is not in default on a loan for which the borrower seeks forgiveness. Limits the amount that the Secretary may pay to no more than $6,000 in any year for any borrower or $50,000 in the aggregate for any borrower. Authorizes the Secretary to renew such agreements. Directs the Comptroller General to conduct 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 (4) training, caseloads, and compensation of attorneys for children. | 2023-01-13T04:48:26Z | |
| 109-hr-5403 | 109 | hr | 5403 | Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-05-17 | 2006-07-03 | Became Public Law No: 109-239. | House | Rep. DeLay, Tom [R-TX-22] | TX | R | D000217 | 10 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Safe and Timely Interstate Placement of Foster Children Act of 2006 - Amends the Social Security Act to require each state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to provide that the state shall: (1) have in effect procedures for orderly and timely interstate placement of children; (2) complete home studies requested by another state within a specified period; (3) accept such studies received from another state; and (4) not impose any restrictions on contracting with a private agency to conduct such a study. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for timely interstate home study incentive payments to states that have approved plans and that have completed, and provided the Secretary a report on, such studies. Expresses the sense of Congress that state agencies should cooperate with courts which have authority with respect to the placement of a child in foster care or for adoption for the purpose of locating a parent of the child. Amends the definition of "case review system" to: (1) increase the required frequency of state caseworker visits to a child who is placed in foster care outside the state in which the child's parents reside; (2) require a child's health and education record to be supplied to the child at no cost when he/she leaves foster care by reason of having attained the age of majority under state law; and (3) provide for a foster parent's right (currently, opportunity) to be heard in any proceeding (currently, review or hearing) respecting their foster child. Requires state courts to ensure that foster parents, pre-adoptive parents, and relative caregivers of a child in foster care are notified of any such proceedings. Includes among the purposes of grants to the highest state courts the assessment of the court's role in carrying out state laws requiring proceedings that determine the best strategy to use to expedite the interstate placement of childr… | 2023-03-24T16:27:30Z | |
| 109-hr-5332 | 109 | hr | 5332 | Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-05-09 | 2006-06-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | R000462 | 3 | Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to local educational agencies, state and local public health agencies, and nonprofit private entities for projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. Gives priority to communities with significantly above averages rates of teen pregnancy. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria to evaluate such projects. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase authorized appropriations for community learning centers. Authorizes appropriations for physical education programs. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize appropriations for TRIO and GEARUP programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to public or nonprofit private entities for demonstrating innovative approaches to prevent teen pregnancies. | 2023-01-13T04:48:30Z | |
| 109-s-2508 | 109 | s | 2508 | Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-04-05 | 2006-04-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2904-2905) | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to local educational agencies, state and local public health agencies, and nonprofit private entities for projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies. Gives priority to communities with significantly above averages rates of teen pregnancy. Requires the Secretary to establish criteria to evaluate such projects. Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to increase authorized appropriations for community learning centers. Authorizes appropriations for physical education programs. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize appropriations for TRIO and GEARUP programs. Authorizes the Secretary to make matching grants to public or nonprofit private entities for demonstrating innovative approaches to prevent teen pregnancies. | 2023-01-13T04:48:39Z | |
| 109-sres-403 | 109 | sres | 403 | A resolution recognizing the benefits of breastfeeding, and for other purposes. | Families | 2006-03-16 | 2006-03-16 | Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2376) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 0 | Recognizes the health, economic, and social benefits of breastfeeding. Urges states to take steps to: (1) protect a mother's right to breastfeed; and (2) remove the barriers faced by women who breastfeed. | 2023-01-13T04:48:48Z | |
| 109-hr-4860 | 109 | hr | 4860 | Childhood Obesity Reduction Act | Families | 2006-03-02 | 2006-05-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Granger, Kay [R-TX-12] | TX | R | G000377 | 10 | Childhood Obesity Reduction Act - Establishes a Congressional Council on Childhood Obesity to engage in the following activities to encourage every U.S. elementary and middle school to develop and implement a plan to reduce and prevent obesity, promote improved nutritional choices, and promote increased physical activity: (1) work with outside experts to develop the Congressional Challenge to Reduce and Prevent Childhood Obesity; (2) develop and maintain a website on best practices for reducing and preventing childhood obesity; (3) assist schools in establishing goals for the healthy reduction and prevention of childhood obesity; (4) consult and coordinate with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and other federal initiatives that are conducting activities to reduce and prevent childhood obesity; (5) reward elementary schools, middle schools, and local educational agencies promoting innovative, successful strategies; (6) provide information to secondary schools; and (7) designate model plans for reducing and preventing childhood obesity that are submitted by schools as Congressional Challenge winners. Establishes the National Foundation for the Prevention and Reduction of Childhood Obesity as a nonprofit private corporation to support and carry out activities to prevent and reduce childhood obesity, including by: (1) establishing a fund to provide endowments for positions within the Council and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) associated with reducing childhood obesity; (2) evaluating model plans used by schools; and (3) making Challenge awards to schools and local agencies for developing and implementing such plans. Requires creation of a committee to incorporate the Foundation under state laws, establish its policies and bylaws, provide for its initial operation, and appoint members of its board of directors. | 2023-01-13T04:49:00Z | |
| 109-hr-4794 | 109 | hr | 4794 | Child Support Protection Act of 2006 | Families | 2006-02-16 | 2006-02-16 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7] | WA | D | M000404 | 30 | Child Support Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to repeal a provision that prohibited federal matching funds to a state for expenditures from federal amounts paid to the state for child support and establishment of paternity to carry out an agreement for services of the Federal Parent Locator Service. | 2023-01-13T04:49:09Z | |
| 109-hr-4644 | 109 | hr | 4644 | To authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for other purposes. | Families | 2005-12-18 | 2006-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. | House | Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility, and Opportunity Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to: (1) local educational agencies, state and local public health agencies, and nonprofit private entities for projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies; and (2) public or nonprofit private entities for demonstrating innovative approaches to prevent teen pregnancies.Reauthorizes appropriations for: (1) 21st Century Community Learning Centers and the Carol M. White physical education program, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (2) TRIO programs and GEARUP, under the Higher Education Act of 1965. | 2023-01-13T04:49:22Z | |
| 109-s-1940 | 109 | s | 1940 | Childhelp National Registry Act | Families | 2005-10-31 | 2005-10-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] | AZ | R | K000352 | 0 | Childhelp National Registry Act - Directs the Attorney General to create a national register of cases of child abuse or neglect (abuse), with the information in the register supplied to the Secretary of Health and Human Services by states (or local governments at state option) and Indian tribes. Requires: (1) such information to relate to substantiated reports of abuse and case-specific identification; and (2) each reporting entity to determine whether such information also relates to reports of suspected instances of abuse that were unsubstantiated or unfounded, except that reported information must be coextensive with any equivalent register of abuse cases maintained by such entity. Directs the Attorney General to establish standards for the dissemination of information in the national register that preserve the confidentiality of records. | 2023-01-13T04:49:46Z | |
| 109-s-1894 | 109 | s | 1894 | Fair Access Foster Care Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-10-19 | 2005-11-22 | Became Public Law No: 109-113. | Senate | Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] | OK | R | I000024 | 3 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Fair Access Foster Care Act of 2005 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for the making of foster care maintenance payments to private for-profit agencies. | 2023-03-24T16:27:30Z | |
| 109-hres-484 | 109 | hres | 484 | Supporting efforts to promote greater awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives, resources, and supports for homeless youth. | Families | 2005-10-06 | 2005-10-25 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] | NV | R | P000589 | 8 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses support for efforts to promote greater public awareness of effective runaway youth prevention programs and the need for safe and productive alternatives and resources for homeless and other high-risk youth. | 2023-01-13T04:49:51Z | |
| 109-hr-3758 | 109 | hr | 3758 | Fostering Our Future Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-09-13 | 2005-11-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29] | CA | D | S001150 | 4 | 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. | 2023-01-13T04:50:13Z | |
| 109-hr-3555 | 109 | hr | 3555 | Responsible Funding to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Act | Families | 2005-07-28 | 2005-08-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Harman, Jane [D-CA-36] | CA | D | H000213 | 31 | Responsible Funding to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention programs. Requires the Secretary to give: (1) highest priority to applicants seeking assistance for programs targeting communities or populations in which teenage pregnancy or birth rates are higher than the state average or are increasing; and (2) priority to applicants seeking assistance for programs that will benefit underserved or at-risk populations or will take advantage of other available resources and be coordinated with other programs that serve youth. Requires funds to be used for programs that: (1) replicate or substantially incorporate elements of teenage pregnancy prevention programs that have proven to delay sexual intercourse or sexual activity, increase condom or contraceptive use (without increasing sexual activity), or reduce teenage pregnancy; and (2) incorporate specified strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy, including outreach or media programs. Requires programs receiving funds that focus on instruction that includes discussion of human sexuality and reproduction to provide medically accurate information regarding the health benefits and side effects of all contraceptives and barrier methods as a means to reduce the risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Requires the Secretary to: (1) conduct or provide for a rigorous evaluation of 10% of programs for which a grant is awarded; (2) collect basic data on each program; and (3) report to Congress on grant effectiveness. | 2023-01-13T04:50:31Z | |
| 109-hr-3560 | 109 | hr | 3560 | Food Choking Prevention Act | Families | 2005-07-28 | 2005-07-28 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15] | CA | D | H001034 | 4 | Food Choking Prevention Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to carry out a program to provide education to the public on food choking hazards to children, including education on prevention and lifesaving procedures. Requires the Commissioner to: (1) give priority to providing education to parents of children 14 years of age or younger and to such children directly; and (2) designate a particular week for intensification of the dissemination to the public of information. Authorizes the Commissioner to make awards of grants or contracts for the purpose of holding classes for the public during such week on preventing food choking hazards and performing lifesaving procedures. Requires the Commissioner to request the National Academy of Sciences to enter into an agreement to conduct a comprehensive study to: (1) assess current data and data collection efforts; (2) document food choking-related deaths and injuries; (3) consider the nature and causes of childhood food choking incidents; (4) establish criteria for determining whether a food poses a significant choking hazard to children; and (5) assess the opportunities and key impediments to initiatives to reduce the number of child deaths and injuries due to food choking. Directs the Commissioner to report to Congress on the reliability and utility of current systems for the collection of data on food choking-related deaths. | 2023-01-13T04:50:31Z | |
| 109-hres-403 | 109 | hres | 403 | Recognizing the importance of Knowing My 8 Rules for Safety in addressing the problem of missing children, and for other purposes. | Families | 2005-07-28 | 2006-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] | MA | D | C001037 | 16 | Recognizes the importance of Knowing My 8 Rules for Safety in addressing the problem of missing children.Commends schools and public establishments that have posted these rules in a central location, and encourages those that have not yet displayed them to consider doing so. | 2023-01-13T04:50:27Z | |
| 109-s-1343 | 109 | s | 1343 | Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-06-30 | 2005-06-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 8 | Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2005 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. Authorizes a grant award directly to a political subdivision if the subdivision serves a substantial number of foster care youth.Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) training; (3) screening; (4) educational requirements; (5) federal and nonfederal share of funds for the program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds. Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a state or political subdivision. Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care. Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor. | 2019-11-15T21:52:51Z | |
| 109-s-1324 | 109 | s | 1324 | Childhood Obesity Reduction Act | Families | 2005-06-28 | 2005-06-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7531-7534) | Senate | Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] | TN | R | F000439 | 2 | Childhood Obesity Reduction Act - Establishes a Congressional Council on Childhood Obesity to engage in the following activities to encourage every U.S. elementary and middle school to develop and implement a plan to reduce and prevent obesity, promote improved nutritional choices, and promote increased physical activity: (1) work with outside experts to develop the Congressional Challenge to Reduce and Prevent Childhood Obesity; (2) develop and maintain a website on best practices for reducing and preventing childhood obesity; (3) assist schools in establishing goals for the healthy reduction and prevention of childhood obesity; (4) consult and coordinate with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and other federal initiatives that are conducting activities to reduce and prevent childhood obesity; (5) reward elementary schools, middle schools, and local educational agencies promoting innovative, successful strategies; (6) provide information to secondary schools; and (7) designate model plans for reducing and preventing childhood obesity that are submitted by schools as Congressional Challenge winners. Establishes the National Foundation for the Prevention and Reduction of Childhood Obesity as a nonprofit private corporation to support and carry out activities to prevent and reduce childhood obesity, including by: (1) establishing a fund to provide endowments for positions within the Council and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) associated with reducing childhood obesity; (2) evaluating model plans used by schools; and (3) making Challenge awards to schools and local agencies for developing and implementing such plans. Requires creation of a committee to incorporate the Foundation under state laws, establish its policies and bylaws, provide for its initial operation, and appoint members of its board of directors. | 2020-02-10T17:00:27Z | |
| 109-hconres-182 | 109 | hconres | 182 | Calling upon all United States citizens to support the efforts and activities of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign to prevent unintentional childhood injuries. | Families | 2005-06-20 | 2005-07-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Rogers, Mike J. [R-MI-8] | MI | R | R000572 | 0 | Calls upon all U.S. citizens to support the efforts and activities of the National SAFE KIDS Campaign to prevent unintentional childhood injuries. | 2023-01-13T04:48:02Z | |
| 109-s-985 | 109 | s | 985 | Kinship Caregiver Support Act | Families | 2005-05-10 | 2005-07-25 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8159) | Senate | Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] | NY | D | C001041 | 10 | Kinship Caregiver Support Act - Authorizes the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants for kinship navigator programs to state agencies, metropolitan agencies, or tribal organizations with experience in addressing needs of kinship caregivers or children and connecting them with services and assistance. Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize all states to opt to enter agreements to provide kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of children to grandparents and other relatives who have assumed legal guardianship of children for whom they have cared as foster parents and have committed to care for on a permanent basis. Allows states to use part E funds to make such payments under specified conditions. Provides that adoptive parents of children with special needs remain eligible for adoption assistance, even if they receive kinship guardianship assistance. Authorizes kinship guardianship demonstration projects. Requires states to: (1) notify all adult grandparents and other adult relatives (with exceptions due to family or domestic violence) when a child is removed from custody of a parent or parents; and (2) explain the options the relative has to participate in the child's care and placement. Allows state agencies to establish separate standards for foster family homes in which a foster parent is a relative of the foster child. | 2023-01-13T04:48:04Z | |
| 109-hr-2122 | 109 | hr | 2122 | Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2005 | Families | 2005-05-05 | 2005-05-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 28 | Pregnancy Discrimination Act Amendments of 2005 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include lactation (breastfeeding, including expression of milk) as protected conduct under such Act. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers a business tax credit for breast pumps and other equipment to assist employed mothers to breastfeed or express milk for their children and for consultation services relating to breastfeeding. Safe and Effective Breast Pumps Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) put into effect a performance standard for breast pumps irrespective of the class to which the breast pumps have been classified under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (2) issue a compliance policy guide which will assure that women who want to breastfeed a child are given full and complete information respecting breast pumps. Expands the definition of medical care in the Internal Revenue Code to include qualified breastfeeding equipment and services. | 2021-09-29T20:24:05Z | |
| 109-hr-2097 | 109 | hr | 2097 | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-05-04 | 2005-05-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 3 | Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships. Provides program grants to cover up to one-third of the costs for: (1) businesses or consortia to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide such services. Requires such services to: (1) be provided equitably and affordably to low- and moderate-income employees; and (2) comply with state and local licensing requirements. Gives priority in grant selection to businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees. | 2020-02-10T16:51:01Z | |
| 109-hr-2000 | 109 | hr | 2000 | FOCUS Act | Families | 2005-04-28 | 2005-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 33 | Focus On Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children's Sake Act - FOCUS Act - Establishes: (1) the Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program; and (2) the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allot funds to eligible states (and Indian tribes and tribal organizations) for distribution directly, or at state option through local governments, to pay the federal share of the cost of making grants to eligible child care providers under both such programs. Healthy Early Education Workforce Grant Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary to allot funds to eligible states (and Indian tribes and tribal organizations) to pay for the federal share of the cost of providing access to affordable health benefits coverage for: (1) eligible child care providers; and (2) at state option, the spouses, domestic partners, and dependents of such providers. Directs the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of several such funded state programs representing various approaches to increasing the rate of coverage for child care providers. | 2021-09-29T20:21:57Z | |
| 109-s-940 | 109 | s | 940 | Friends of the Children National Demonstration Act | Families | 2005-04-28 | 2005-04-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] | OR | R | S001142 | 1 | Friends of the Children National Demonstration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a national demonstration project regarding early and sustained intervention programs for disadvantaged children and youth, through a project grant to Friends of the Children, National Office, which shall make subgrants to its local chapters in specified cities. | 2019-11-15T21:56:10Z | |
| 109-hr-1876 | 109 | hr | 1876 | Friends of the Children National Demonstration Act | Families | 2005-04-27 | 2005-05-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] | OR | D | B000574 | 8 | Friends of the Children National Demonstration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish a national demonstration project regarding early and sustained intervention programs for disadvantaged children and youth, through a project grant to Friends of the Children, National Office, which shall make subgrants to its local chapters in specified cities. | 2020-02-10T16:50:58Z | |
| 109-hr-1738 | 109 | hr | 1738 | End Institutionalized Abuse Against Children Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-04-20 | 2005-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] | CA | D | M000725 | 8 | End Institutionalized Abuse Against Children Act of 2005 - Sets forth protections for the safety and welfare of children in foreign-based or domestic residential treatment facilities or institutions. Directs the Attorney General to: (1) seek the cooperation of appropriate foreign authorities periodically to investigate such institutions in a foreign country operated or managed by U.S. citizens or other private entities organized under U.S. laws (foreign-based institutions); and (2) make rules to protect children who are U.S. citizens or nationals and who are kept in foreign-based institutions for behavior modification. Sets forth civil penalties for U.S. citizens or such private entities who violate such rules. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require country reports on human rights practices to include descriptions of child abuse or human rights violations against any children at foreign-based institutions. Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to States to support inspections of child residential treatment facilities. Conditions such grants on State adoption and enforcement of laws with licensing requirements for such institutions, including certain criminal and civil penalties, set forth in this Act. | 2020-02-10T16:50:57Z | |
| 109-sjres-13 | 109 | sjres | 13 | A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to marriage. | Families | 2005-04-14 | 2005-04-14 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] | KS | R | B000953 | 1 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. | 2019-11-15T21:56:03Z | |
| 109-hr-1589 | 109 | hr | 1589 | Balancing Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-04-13 | 2005-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 59 | Family and Workplace Balancing Act of 2005 - Balancing Act of 2005 - Provides assistance for working families through: (1) family and medical care leave; (2) expanded child care for young children and incentives for child care providers; (3) preschool, in-school, and afterschool nutrition and education; (4) temporary and part-time workers pension and health plan benefits; and (5) encouragement of business use of employee telecommuting. Family Income to Respond to Significant Transitions Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor to make five-year grants to a State or local government to pay for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out projects that assist families by providing wage replacement for eligible individuals responding to caregiving needs resulting from the birth or adoption of a son or daughter or other family caregiving needs. Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2005 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to allow employees covered by FMLA to take up to four hours during any 30-day period, and up to 24 hours during any 12-month period, of parental involvement leave to participate in or attend their children's or grandchildren's educational and extracurricular activities. Amends Federal civil service law to apply the same parental involvement leave allowance to Federal employees. Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize additional funds for expanding child care activities for young children less than three years of age. Establishes: (1) the Child Care Provider Development and Retention Grant Program; and (2) the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program. Healthy Early Education Workforce Grant Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allot funds to eligible States (and Indian tribes and tribal organizations) to pay for the Federal share of the cost of providing access to affordable health benefits coverage for: (1) eligible child care providers; and (2) at State option, the spouses, domestic partners, and depe… | 2022-02-03T05:28:12Z | |
| 109-hr-1561 | 109 | hr | 1561 | Childhood Adoption Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-04-12 | 2005-04-12 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] | TN | D | F000262 | 29 | Childhood Adoption Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax credit for adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000; (2) make such tax credit refundable; and (3) increase the exclusion from gross income for employer-paid adoption expenses from $10,000 to $15,000. Amends title IV, part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act to increase: (1) levels of adoption incentive payments payable to States under the adoption assistance program; and (2) funding for adoption incentive payments for FY 2006 through 2008. | 2022-02-03T05:34:12Z | |
| 109-hjres-39 | 109 | hjres | 39 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. | Families | 2005-03-17 | 2005-04-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. | House | Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] | CA | R | L000517 | 29 | Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. Prohibits any Federal or State court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the Constitution or any State constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman. Provides that no State shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other State. | 2019-11-15T21:33:32Z | |
| 109-hr-1311 | 109 | hr | 1311 | Child Care Construction and Renovation Act | Families | 2005-03-15 | 2005-04-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] | NY | D | M000309 | 1 | Child Care Construction and Renovation Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the use of community development block grants to construct and renovate child care facilities.Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to insure mortgages for: (1) new or rehabilitated child care and development facilities, including for fire safety equipment loans; and (2) acquiring or refinancing debt of existing child care facilities.Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study the availability of secondary markets for mortgages on child care facilities.Authorizes HUD grants to eligible nonprofit organizations for technical and financial assistance to assist eligible child care providers in acquiring or improving facilities or equipment.Applies the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act to actions taken under this Act. | 2019-11-15T20:53:29Z | |
| 109-s-525 | 109 | s | 525 | Caring for Children Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-03-03 | 2005-08-31 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 199. | Senate | Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] | TN | R | A000360 | 6 | Caring for Children Act of 2005 - Title I: Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 - (Sec. 101) Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to include among CCDBGA goals early learning, school preparedness, and parental involvement in the education of young children in child care settings. (Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations to carry out CCDBGA for FY2006-FY2010. (Sec. 103) Revises CCDBGA requirements for: (1) state plans, with respect to lead agencies, consumer and child care provider education information, use of block grant funds for child care resource and referral systems, direct services, and payment rates; (2) activities to improve the quality of child care, to include early learning and school preparedness standards; (3) optional priority use of additional funds; (4) reports and audits; (5) national activities; and (6) a child's eligibility based on a state-determined income level, with priority based on state-defined need. (Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve specified amounts for: (1) annual grants to improve child care quality and access; and (2) a toll-free hotline.(Sec. 111) Declares that nothing in CCDBGA shall be construed to require a state to impose state child care licensing requirements on any type of early child care provider. Title II: Enhancing Security at Child Care Centers in Federal Facilities - (Sec. 202) Directs the following federal officials to issue regulations concerning matters relating to occupant emergency plans, evacuations, and relocation sites for their respective child care facilities: (1) the Administrator of General Services, for executive facilities; (2) specified officers of the House and Senate, and the Librarian of Congress, for legislative facilities; and (3) the Director of the Office of the U.S. Courts, for judicial facilities. Title III: Removal of Barriers to Increasing the Supply of Quality Child Care - (Sec. 301) Directs the Secretary of HHS to establish a demonstration program of co… | 2023-01-13T04:50:17Z | |
| 109-s-526 | 109 | s | 526 | Child Care Quality Incentive Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-03-03 | 2005-03-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2038-2039) | Senate | Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] | RI | D | R000122 | 5 | Child Care Quality Incentive Act of 2005 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to revise requirements relating to child care payment rates. Requires States to conduct market rate surveys, at least once every two years, to determine their child care payment rates under the block grant program, including cost-of-living adjustments and consideration of variations in localities, children's ages, and types of services. Establishes a program of incentive grants to States and Indian tribes to improve the quality of, and access to, child care by increasing child care payment rates. Makes separate appropriations for such incentive grants in specified amounts for FY 2006 through FY 2010 (prohibiting use of block grant funds for such incentive grants). Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make an annual incentive grant payment to an eligible State only if the State has conducted a statistically valid survey of the market rates for child care services in the State within the two years before it submits an application containing information on such survey and the State's plans to increase its child care payment rates. Requires an eligible State that receives such a grant to make priority use of its funds to increase significantly (up to the 100th percentile of the market rate survey) the rate of reimbursement to providers for subsidized child care (with any remaining funds to be used to improve the quality of child care services). Requires a State matching contribution of at least 20 percent of incentive grant program activity costs. | 2020-02-10T17:00:19Z | |
| 109-hr-856 | 109 | hr | 856 | Federal Youth Coordination Act | Families | 2005-02-16 | 2005-11-16 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | House | Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3] | NE | R | O000165 | 23 | Federal Youth Coordination Act - Establishes a Federal Youth Development Council to improve administration and coordination of federal programs serving youth.Designates the Secretary of Health and Human Services as the Chairperson of the Council.Sets forth Council duties with respect to agencies and programs serving youth, especially disadvantaged youth. Authorizes the Council to provide technical assistance to a state, at its request, to support state-funded councils for coordinating state youth efforts. Terminates the Council after transmittal of its final report.Authorizes appropriations for FY2007 and FY2008. | 2023-01-13T04:49:37Z | |
| 109-s-409 | 109 | s | 409 | Federal Youth Coordination Act | Families | 2005-02-16 | 2005-02-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1554-1555) | Senate | Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] | MN | R | C001057 | 8 | Federal Youth Coordination Act - Establishes a Federal Youth Development Council to improve administration and coordination of Federal programs serving youth. Authorizes the Council to provide technical assistance and make grants to States to support State councils for coordinating State youth efforts. | 2020-02-10T17:00:15Z | |
| 109-hr-822 | 109 | hr | 822 | Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-02-15 | 2005-03-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 37 | Foster Care Mentoring Act of 2005 - Amends title IV part B (Child-Welfare Services) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to states to support the establishment or expansion and operation of programs using networks of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care. Authorizes a grant award directly to a political subdivision if the subdivision serves a substantial number of foster care youth.Prescribes program implementation guidelines, including: (1) application requirements; (2) training; (3) screening; (4) educational requirements; (5) federal and nonfederal share of funds for the program; (6) considerations in awarding grants; and (7) use of funds. Sets forth a maximum grant amount to be awarded to a state or political subdivision. Authorizes the Secretary to award a competitive grant to an eligible entity to establish a National Hotline Service or website to provide information to individuals interested in becoming mentors to youth in foster care. Instructs the Secretary of Education to implement a program to provide for the discharge or cancellation of the federal student loan indebtedness of an eligible mentor. | 2021-09-29T19:53:59Z | |
| 109-hr-823 | 109 | hr | 823 | Keeping Families Together Act | Families | 2005-02-15 | 2005-02-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House | Rep. Ramstad, Jim [R-MN-3] | MN | R | R000033 | 29 | Keeping Families Together Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to States to establish systems of care to treat and provide services to all children who are in the custody of the State or at-risk of entering into the custody of the State for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires State to use grant funds for certain activities, including to: (1) expand public health insurance programs to cover community-based mental health and family support services for such children and their families that will be sustainable after the grant has expired; (2) provide outreach and public education concerning available programs and activities; and (3) provide training and professional development for personnel who work with such children. Requires the Administrator to establish a task force to examine: (1) problems of mental health in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems; (2) issues with respect to access by children and youth to mental health services; and (3) the role of Federal agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services. Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit the use of the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to provide mental health services to children as an alternative to care in inpatient psychiatric hospitals. | 2021-04-20T19:04:41Z | |
| 109-s-380 | 109 | s | 380 | Keeping Families Together Act | Families | 2005-02-15 | 2005-02-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. | Senate | Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] | ME | R | C001035 | 21 | Keeping Families Together Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to award competitive matching grants to States to establish systems of care to treat and provide services to all children who are in the custody of the State or at-risk of entering into the custody of the State for the purpose of receiving mental health services. Requires State to use grant funds for certain activities, including to: (1) expand public health insurance programs to cover community-based mental health and family support services for such children and their families that will be sustainable after the grant has expired; (2) provide outreach and public education concerning available programs and activities; and (3) provide training and professional development for personnel who work with such children. Requires the Administrator to establish a task force to examine: (1) problems of mental health in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems; (2) issues with respect to access by children and youth to mental health services; and (3) the role of Federal agencies in promoting access by children and youth to mental health services. Amends Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to permit the use of the Medicaid home and community-based services waiver to provide mental health services to children as an alternative to care in inpatient psychiatric hospitals. | 2022-02-03T05:32:15Z | |
| 109-hr-696 | 109 | hr | 696 | Domestic Violence Connections Campaign Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-02-09 | 2005-03-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 0 | Domestic Violence Connections Campaign Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General to award: (1) a grant to the National Domestic Violence Hotline for technology and telecommunication training and assistance for those affiliated with the Hotline in using improved equipment made available through the Connections Campaign; (2) a grant to a university or other research institution to study the Hotline; and (3) a grant to an experienced organization to conduct a campaign to raise public awareness of domestic violence issues and the Hotline. | 2020-02-10T16:50:43Z | |
| 109-s-233 | 109 | s | 233 | Caring for Children Act | Families | 2005-02-01 | 2005-02-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S743-744) | Senate | Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] | KS | R | R000307 | 3 | Caring for Children Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to develop: (1) distance learning child care training technology infrastructures; and (2) model technology-based training courses for child care providers and child care workers, to be provided through distance learning programs made available through the infrastructure. Requires, to the maximum extent possible, that such grants be awarded in regions with the fewest training opportunities for child care providers. Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration program of competitive grants to States to help them provide funds to encourage the establishment and operation of small business employer-operated child care programs. Requires a State to give priority for such assistance to applicants that desire to form a consortium to provide child care in an area where such care is not generally available or accessible. Allows such consortia to include businesses, nonprofit agencies or organizations, local governments, or other appropriate entities. | 2022-02-03T05:25:25Z | |
| 109-hr-335 | 109 | hr | 335 | Seniors Offering Quality Child Care Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-01-25 | 2005-03-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. | House | Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-9] | MA | D | L000562 | 1 | Seniors Offering Quality Child Care Act of 2005 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to: (1) increase the portion of funds States must use for activities to improve the quality of child care services; (2) include among such activities examining methods to increase recruitment, retention, and compensation of child care workers age 55 and older; and (3) exempt allowances, earnings, and payments to such older individuals under CCDBGA from consideration as income in determining eligibility for and amount of income transfer and in-kind aid under any Federal or federally assisted program based on need. Amends the Social Security Act to exempt compensation for child caregiving services of employees of eligible child care providers from consideration under the Social Security earnings test. | 2020-02-10T16:50:38Z | |
| 109-s-6 | 109 | s | 6 | MORE Act | Families | 2005-01-24 | 2005-03-07 | Star Print ordered on on the bill. | Senate | Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] | PA | R | S000059 | 4 | Marriage, Opportunity, Relief, and Empowerment Act of 2005 or the MORE Act - Makes permanent specified provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 relating to tax benefits for children and marriage penalty relief. Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone Act or the PRIDE Act - Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) revise the program of grants to States for temporary aid to needy families (TANF) to, among other things, extend the authority for family assistance grants, promote family employment and self-sufficiency programs, and establish a responsible fatherhood program; (2) extend the authority for the sexual abstinence education program; (3) revise child support enforcement requirements; (4) extend the authority for approving certain child welfare demonstration projects; and (5) extend the Transitional Medical Assistance Program (TMA). CARE Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to charitable giving, including to: (1) allow nonitemizing taxpayers to claim a tax deduction for charitable contributions; (2) permit tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) for charitable purposes; and (3) allow individual taxpayers to claim a tax deduction for contributions of food and book inventories. Revises various disclosure and oversight requirements relating to tax-exempt organizations. Restores and increases funding for the Social Services Block Grant Program. Savings for Working Families Act of 2005 - Allows certain low income individuals to establish individual development accounts for accumulating assets for homeownership, education, business startup and other purposes. Allows an investment tax credit for contributions to an individual development account. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with nongovernmental org… | 2022-02-03T05:25:52Z | |
| 109-sjres-1 | 109 | sjres | 1 | Marriage Protection Amendment | Families | 2005-01-24 | 2006-06-07 | Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 48. Record Vote Number: 163. (consideration: CR S5534) | Senate | Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] | CO | R | A000109 | 32 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Constitutional Amendment - Marriage Protection Amendment - Declares that: (1) marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman; and (2) neither the U.S. Constitution nor the constitution of any state shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon any other union. | 2023-01-13T04:50:53Z | |
| 109-hconres-17 | 109 | hconres | 17 | Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Academy of Sciences, through the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, should convene an expert panel to recommend the best practices and measures to use in data collection relating to foster care and to research and develop methods for streamlining the application and approval process for moving a child from foster care to a permanent residence. | Families | 2005-01-06 | 2005-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education. | House | Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37] | CA | D | M000714 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the National Academy of Sciences, through the Board on Children, Youth, and Families, should convene an expert panel to: (1) recommend the best practices and measures to use in data collection relating to foster care; and (2) research and develop methods for streamlining the application and approval process for moving a child from foster care to a permanent residence. | 2023-01-14T22:48:28Z | |
| 109-hr-254 | 109 | hr | 254 | Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2005 | Families | 2005-01-06 | 2005-03-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2005 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to establish the Task Force on Baby Abandonment to: (1) collect information and maintain a database on incidents of child abandonment, including information on demographics, circumstances, outcomes, and trends; and (2) submit annual reports and recommendations to Congress. | 2022-02-03T05:25:57Z |
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