3.0.0 1462 2023-01-11T16:47:39Z 2023-01-11T16:47:39Z Senate S S 2007-05-23 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-23T20:51:30Z Adoption Equality Act of 2007 110 4091 HR 2007-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support. Related bill CRS 2007-05-23 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-05-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6556-6557) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2007-12-06 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2008-03-31 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-06-10 False Social Welfare Adoption Aliens Child abuse Child safety Child welfare Crime and Law Enforcement Families Foster home care Immigration Indian children Minorities Minority children Social Welfare 00 2007-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-30T19:17:23Z Adoption Equality Act of 2007 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for children with special needs in the adoption assistance program. Requires that the child be in the care of a public or licensed private child placement agency or Indian tribal organization pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement, relinquishment, or involuntary removal of the child from the home, where the state has determined that continuation in the home would be contrary to the child's safety or welfare. Specifies related requirements.

Prohibits adoption assistance to parents with respect to a child who is not a U.S. citizen or resident, and who was adopted outside of the United States or brought into the United States for the purposes of being adopted.

]]> Adoption Equality Act of 2007 Display Title Adoption Equality Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote the adoption of children with special needs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Adoption Equality Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1462is/xml/BILLS-110s1462is.xml 2007-05-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.