3.0.0 3333 2021-09-28T14:14:01Z 2021-09-28T14:14:01Z House H HR 2011-11-03 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STARK:H.R. 3333.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1, Section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of theUnited States.''[Page H7331]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2011-11-29T22:50:36Z Referred to 2011-11-03T14:01:50Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee Referred to 2011-11-10T14:27:59Z Referred to 2011-11-03T14:01:45Z 2011-11-29 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . Committee 2011-11-10 hswm03 Work and Welfare Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Committee 2011-11-03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2011-11-03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2011-11-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1993) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-11-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-11-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000810 Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] PETE STARK D CA 13 N R000053 Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] CHARLES RANGEL D NY B. 15 2011-11-03 True B001270 Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-33] Karen Bass D CA 33 2011-11-03 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2011-11-03 True S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 28 2011-11-03 True B000287 Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31] XAVIER BECERRA D CA 31 2011-11-03 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2011-11-03 True M001160 Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] Gwen Moore D WI 4 2011-11-03 True N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2011-11-03 True E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-14] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 14 2011-11-10 False Families Administrative remedies Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Lawyers and legal services Poverty and welfare assistance State and local government operations Families 00 2011-11-03 Introduced in House 2013-06-04T16:02:41Z Foster Children Opportunity Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state plans for foster care and adoption assistance to have procedures to assist alien children in the child welfare system achieve special immigrant juvenile status and lawful permanent resident status before exiting foster care.

Requires case plans to include documentation of the steps the state child welfare agency is taking in assisting children obtain lawful immigrant status before exiting foster care.

Requires a permanency hearing to determine whether a petition for special immigrant juvenile status or lawful permanent resident status has been filed on behalf of an alien foster child and, if it has not been filed, whether it is in the child's best interest 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 child welfare and court staff to assist alien children in achieving special immigrant juvenile status, lawful permanent resident status, and other forms of relief under immigration law.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), on the request of a child welfare agency, to provide technical assistance in carrying out this Act. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to and contract with qualified non-profit or other community-based service providers to perform the assistance.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make an exception to the five-year limited eligibility of qualified aliens for federal means-tested public benefits for individuals who have obtained special immigrant juvenile status.

Makes a similar exception for such individuals with respect to the limited eligibility of qualified aliens for certain Federal programs.

]]> 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 2011-11-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3333ih/xml/BILLS-112hr3333ih.xml 2011-11-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture . 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.