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HOUSE 3058118th CongressReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023

Last Action
1/22/2024

Actions

  • 2024-01-22Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • 2024-01-18Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2024-01-18On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 1/17/2024 CR H173-174)
  • 2024-01-18Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 1/17/2024 CR H173-174)
  • 2024-01-18Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H229)
  • 2024-01-17At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Feenstra objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
  • 2024-01-17DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3058.
  • 2024-01-17Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H173-175)
  • 2024-01-17Mr. Feenstra moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  • 2024-01-16Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 283.
  • 2024-01-16Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-347.
  • 2024-01-16Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-347.
  • 2023-11-30Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
  • 2023-11-30Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • 2023-05-02Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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CRS Summary

As of 2023-05-02 (00)

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023

This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care.

The Children's Bureau of the Office of the Administration for Children & Families also must include in its annual report information from states about the number, demographics, and characteristics of foster and adoptive families as well as a summary of the challenges related to recruiting and being foster or adoptive parents.

Cosponsors (6)

  • Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
  • Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL)
  • Don Bacon (R-NE)
  • Gwen Moore (D-WI)
  • Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
  • Marcus Molinaro (R-NY)

Subjects

  • Adoption and foster care
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Congressional oversight
  • Family relationships
  • Family services
  • Government information and archives
  • State and local government operations
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