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 21, 2015 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 5, 2015
- Agreed to in SenateMay 21, 2015
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Supports the designation of May 2015 as National Foster Care Month and recognizes it as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children face in the foster care system.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 5, 2015 to May 18, 2015, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | May 5, 2015 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | May 5, 2015 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | May 5, 2015 |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Original | May 5, 2015 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | May 5, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | May 7, 2015 | |
| D-ND | Heidi Heitkamp | May 7, 2015 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | May 11, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | May 11, 2015 | |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | May 14, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | May 18, 2015 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | May 18, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 18, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
- May 21, 2015Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
- May 21, 2015Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3250)
- May 21, 2015Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3250)
- May 5, 2015Introduced in Senate
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2015Agreed to Senate
- May 5, 2015Introduced in Senate
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