3.0.0 6649 2018-11-08T23:34:06Z 2018-11-08T23:34:06Z House H HR 2008-07-29 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-07-29T14:32:10Z 2008-07-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1603-1604) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-29 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2008-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 N B000287 Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31] XAVIER BECERRA D CA 31 2008-07-29 True Social Welfare Administrative remedies Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Immigration status and procedures Judges Judicial procedure and administration Lawyers and legal services Social Welfare 00 2008-07-29 Introduced in House 2008-10-29T16:26:25Z Foster Children Opportunity Act - Amends part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state plans to have procedures to help alien children in the child welfare system achieve special immigrant juvenile status and lawful permanent resident status.

Requires state child welfare agencies to document their efforts to pursue special immigrant juvenile status and legal immigrant status for eligible alien foster children.

Requires the permanency hearing for an alien child who will not be returned to a parent to determine: (1) whether petitions for special immigrant juvenile status and lawful permanent resident status have been filed on the child's behalf; and (2) if no petition has been filed, whether it is in the best interests of the child to have such a petition filed or to have immigration counsel appointed.

Authorizes the use of court improvement program grant funds to educate and train judges and lawyers to assist alien children in achieving special immigrant juvenile status and lawful permanent resident status.

]]> Foster Children Opportunity Act Short Titles as Introduced Foster Children Opportunity Act Display Title Foster Children Opportunity Act Official Title as Introduced To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6649ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6649ih.xml 2008-07-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1603-1604) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.