A resolution expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.
Latest action · Nov 16, 2023 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5558; text: CR S5554)
Progress
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- IntroducedNov 16, 2023
- Agreed to in SenateNov 16, 2023
Summary
This resolution expresses support for National Adoption Month and National Adoption Day and encourages people to consider adoption.
Cosponsors 43
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 16, 2023 to Nov 29, 2023; 39 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Original | Nov 16, 2023 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Nov 29, 2023 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Nov 29, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Nov 16, 2023Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5558; text: CR S5554)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5558Text printed S5554 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Senate | Text printed S5112 | — | Oct 19, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2023Agreed to Senate
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