Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments Act of 2001
Latest action · Oct 4, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10297-10301)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 4, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 with respect to entitlement funding for State courts to assess and improve handling of proceedings relating to foster care and adoption.
Amends SSA title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) to: (1) revise State plan requirements to eliminate the authority of States to opt-out of the requirement to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster or adoptive parents; (2) modify adoption assistance program requirements concerning the eligibility for such assistance payments of special needs children voluntarily relinquished to private nonprofit agencies; and (3) provide for educational and training vouchers for youths aging out of foster care under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 4, 2001 to Dec 12, 2001; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bob Graham | Original | Oct 4, 2001 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | Oct 4, 2001 |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Original | Oct 4, 2001 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Oct 4, 2001 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Oct 4, 2001 |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Original | Oct 4, 2001 |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Original | Oct 4, 2001 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Oct 4, 2001 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Oct 9, 2001 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Oct 9, 2001 | |
| R-RI | Lincoln Chafee | Oct 10, 2001 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Nov 14, 2001 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Nov 15, 2001 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Dec 12, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Oct 4, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Oct 4, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10297)
- Oct 4, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10297-10301)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10297–S10302Text printed S10297–S10301 | John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (text), Mike DeWine R-OH | Oct 4, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2873 | Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001 | Related bill | Jan 17, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to extend and amend the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program under subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act, to provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with new authority to support programs mentoring children of incarcerated parents, to amend the Foster Care Independent Living Program under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for educational and training vouchers for youths aging out of foster care, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Adopted children
- Adoption
- Adoptive parents
- Authorization
- College costs
- Counseling
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal justice information
- Disabled
- Disabled children
- Drug abuse
- Drugs and youth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational vouchers
- Employment subsidies
- Evaluation research (Social action programs)
- Families
- Family services
- Federal aid to child welfare
- Federal aid to Indians
- Foster home care
- Foster parents
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Identification of criminals
- Indian children
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Marriage
- Mentoring
- Minorities
- Nonprofit organizations
- Parent and child
- Poor children
- Prisoners
- Social Welfare
- State courts
- State laws
- Vocational and technical education
- Volunteer workers in social service
- Youth employment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 4, 2001Introduced in Senate
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