Foster Care Continuing Opportunities Act
Latest action · May 24, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedMay 24, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Foster Care Continuing Opportunities Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to give states the option for youth to elect to remain in foster care after attaining age 18 until attaining age 19, 20, or 21.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2007 to Sep 9, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Jun 14, 2007 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Sep 11, 2007 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Oct 15, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Oct 17, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Oct 18, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Oct 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Oct 26, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Nov 7, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Nov 7, 2007 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Nov 13, 2007 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Dec 4, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Dec 5, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Dec 6, 2007 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Dec 7, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 9, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Apr 15, 2008 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Jul 24, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 9, 2008 |
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 May 24, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 24, 2007Introduced in Senate
- May 24, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 S4174 | Barbara Boxer D-CA | May 14, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: 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 bill, 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 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL34704 | Child Welfare: The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-351) Archived | Report | Oct 9, 2008 |
| RL34388 | Child Welfare Issues in the 110th Congress Archived | Report | Jun 17, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to expand Federal eligibility for children in foster care who have attained age 18.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Foster Care Continuing Opportunities Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2007Introduced in Senate
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 bill 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.
