Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity for Congress to improve the foster care system throughout the United States.
Latest action · May 29, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedMar 23, 2007
- Agreed to in HouseMay 15, 2007
Summary
Provides that, in recognition of National Foster Care Month, and in order to improve the foster care system throughout the United States, it is the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should ensure that improving the foster care system remains a top priority for both Congress and the Nation.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 16, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Apr 16, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2007 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred May 29, 2007 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 23, 2007 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Apr 20, 2007 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 29, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support.
- May 15, 2007Mr. McDermott moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
- May 15, 2007Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4982-4985)
- May 15, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 263.
- May 15, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4982)
- May 15, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 20, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- Mar 23, 2007Introduced in House
- Mar 23, 2007Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4982–H4985Text printed H4982 | Dennis A. Cardoza D-CA, Fortney Pete Stark D-CA, Jerry Weller R-IL, Jim McDermott D-WA | May 15, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-53 | CHILDREN WHO AGE OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM127 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jul 12, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity for Congress to improve the foster care system throughout the United States.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Adoption
- Case management
- Child welfare
- Commemorations
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Employee training
- Families
- Family courts
- Federal aid to education
- Foster home care
- Government Operations and Politics
- Grants-in-aid
- Higher education
- Judicial officers
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Lawyers
- Legal aid
- Legal education
- Legal fees
- Local employees
- Recruiting of employees
- Scholarships
- Social Welfare
- Social work
- Special months
- Standards
- State employees
- Student loan funds
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2007Engrossed in House
- Mar 23, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
