A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
Latest action · May 17, 2010 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3846-3847; text as passed Senate: CR S3846-3847; text of measure as introduced: CR S3834)
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 17, 2010
- Agreed to in SenateMay 17, 2010
Summary
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Recognizes National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system.
Encourages Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
Supports the designation of a National Foster Care Month.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 17, 2010.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| R-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | May 17, 2010 |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | May 17, 2010 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 17, 2010Introduced in Senate
- May 17, 2010Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3846-3847; text as passed Senate: CR S3846-3847; text of measure as introduced: CR S3834)
- May 17, 2010Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3846-3847; text as passed Senate: CR S3846-3847; text of measure as introduced: CR S3834)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 17, 2010Agreed to Senate
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