Helping Families Adopt Orphans Act
Latest action · Jul 25, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJul 25, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Helping Families Adopt Orphans Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any "covered individual" (an individual whose Application for Advanced Processing of Orphan Petition was approved on or after January 1, 2005) may file a Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative for at least two years after the approval of the individual's application.
Prohibits the Secretary from requiring: (1) a covered individual who files a timely petition to pay any fees or complete any requirements already paid or completed in conjunction with the application or contingent on the amount of time that elapses between the application's approval and the petition's filing; and (2) any person who was a covered individual on this Act's enactment date from paying any fee for the timely filing of a petition unless that fee was required at the time the application was approved.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2006 to Nov 14, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Bob Beauprez | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Jul 28, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Henry J. Hyde | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Nathan Deal | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Ric Keller | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Sep 6, 2006 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| R-FL | E. Clay Shaw Jr. | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Sep 12, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Sep 13, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Sep 13, 2006 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Sep 14, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Sep 14, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Sep 14, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Sep 21, 2006 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Sep 25, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Sep 28, 2006 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Sep 29, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Nov 13, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Nov 13, 2006 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Nov 13, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Nov 13, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Nov 13, 2006 | |
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Nov 13, 2006 | |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | Nov 13, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Nov 14, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2006Introduced in House
- Jul 25, 2006Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that an individual may file an orphan petition for at least 2 years after approval of an advanced processing application.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Helping Families Adopt Orphans Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 25, 2006Introduced in House
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