S 1254 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2015

Introduced May 7, 2015 Originated Senate Sponsor Chuck Grassley R-IA

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 7, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 7, 2015
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2015

Requires the United States Postal Service, for a period of at least four years, to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to increase funding for effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.

Requires any amounts becoming available from the sale of the semipostal to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for programs and activities under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 that specifically target improvement in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care through adoption, guardianship, or kinship care.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 7, 2015.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalMay 7, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 7, 2015Introduced in Senate
  2. May 7, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Subjects

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  1. May 7, 2015Introduced in Senate

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