3.0.0 1203 2023-01-11T13:24:39Z 2023-01-11T13:24:39Z Senate S S 2013-06-20 113 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-06-20T19:21:11Z Protecting Adoption Act 113 3549 HR 2013-11-20 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013 113 2439 HR 2013-06-19 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2013-06-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2013-06-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2013-06-20 True Families Adoption and foster care Family relationships Government information and archives Marriage and family status Separation, divorce, custody, support State and local government operations Families 00 2013-06-20 Introduced in Senate 2013-07-17T15:17:24Z Promoting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013 - Amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and maintain an automated National Responsible Father Registry.

Requires the Registry to: (1) contain specified kinds of information sufficient to identify a possible father, and (2) provide a mechanism for men to register such identifying information directly with the Registry.

Limits access to Registry information to eligible parties, including: (1) public and licensed private adoption or child placement agencies, (2) licensed attorneys representing a party in a planned or pending adoption or in the termination of rights of one or more possible fathers, (3) state agencies or entities responsible for the placement of children, and (4) state courts.

Directs the Secretary to establish a nationwide campaign designed to inform possible fathers, unwed mothers, possible adoptive parents, and eligible parties of the National Registry, the advantages of possible fathers registering either in the National Registry or State Responsible Father Registries, or both, the rights and responsibilities of such parties with regard to a proceeding, and the role of such Registries in a proceeding.

Directs the Secretary to use all reasonable efforts to encourage states to enter into agreements to establish automated State Responsible Father Registries and centers that make registration forms easily accessible to possible fathers.

Authorizes the Secretary to make a grant to a state to establish a State Registry or modify an existing one to meet the requirements of this Act.

]]> Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013 Display Title Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote permanent families for children, privacy and safety for unwed mothers, responsible fatherhood, and security for adoptive parents by establishing a National Responsible Father Registry and encouraging States to enter into agreements to contribute the information contained in the States Responsible Father Registry, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Adoption and Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013 Introduced in Senate 2013-06-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1203is/xml/BILLS-113s1203is.xml 2013-06-20 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.