3.0.0 2475 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z 2023-01-11T13:26:07Z Senate S S 2014-06-17 113 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-06-17T16:42:23Z Children in Families First Act of 2013 113 3323 HR 2014-01-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS Children in Families First Act of 2014 113 4143 HR 2014-04-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS Children in Families First Act of 2013 113 1530 S 2013-09-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2014-06-17 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2014-06-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2014-06-17 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2014-06-17 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2014-06-17 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2014-06-17 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2014-06-17 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2014-06-17 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2014-06-17 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2014-06-17 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2014-06-17 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2014-06-17 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2014-06-17 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2014-06-17 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2014-06-17 True P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2014-06-17 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2014-06-17 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2014-06-17 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2014-06-17 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2014-06-17 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2014-06-17 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2014-06-17 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2014-06-17 True International Affairs Adoption and foster care Child care and development Child health Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Domestic violence and child abuse Executive agency funding and structure Family relationships Family services Federal officials Foreign aid and international relief Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Human rights Human trafficking Immigration status and procedures International law and treaties International organizations and cooperation Military assistance, sales, and agreements Nutrition and diet Public-private cooperation U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) United Nations Visas and passports International Affairs 00 2014-06-17 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-15T18:36:09Z Children in Families First Act of 2014 - Establishes within the Department of State the Office of Vulnerable Children and Family Security which shall: (1) support the implementation in foreign countries of child welfare laws and policies; and (2) address the gap in U.S. diplomacy, policy, and operations with respect to promoting appropriate, protective, and permanent family care for children living without families.

States that the Office shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large who shall: (1) serve as a primary advisor to the Secretary of State and the President in all matters related to vulnerable children and family security in foreign countries; and (2) represent the United States in matters relevant to international child welfare, family preservation and reunification, and provision of permanent, safe parental care through kinship and domestic and intercountry adoption.

Amends the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), to carry out the functions prescribed by the Convention regarding the accreditation of U.S. adoption services providers.

Establishes databases for internationally adopted children and adoption service providers.

Transfers from the Secretary of State to the Field Operations Directorate of USCIS specified adoption-related functions, including accreditation of agencies and approval of persons to provide adoption services and oversight of provider investigations.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security, through USCIS, to: (1) be responsible for processing and case-specific decision making on all intercountry adoption cases, (2) ensure that all intercountry adoption suitability and eligibility determinations of prospective adoptive parents are made in compliance with the Hague Adoption Convention, (3) ensure that all non-Convention adoption cases undergo specified preprocessing, and (4) be responsible for all case processing steps in Convention and non-Convention adoption petitions on behalf of children whom U.S. parents propose to immigrate to the United States.

Establishes within the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a Center of Excellence on Children in Adversity.

Authorizes the President to provide assistance for programs in developing countries for nutrition, education, care, and protection of children.

Requires: (1) the President to establish a system to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of U.S. aid to children in adversity, and (2) USAID to carry out a priority country demonstration program implementing the (December 2012) Action Plan for Children in Adversity over a period of five years in at least six countries.

]]> Children in Families First Act of 2014 Display Title Children in Families First Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to realign structure and reallocate resources in the Federal Government, in keeping with the core American belief that families are the best protection for children and the bedrock of any society, to bolster United States diplomacy and assistance targeted at ensuring that every child can grow up in a permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving family, and to strengthen intercountry adoption to the United States and around the world and ensure that it becomes a viable and fully developed option for providing families for children in need, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Children in Families First Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2475is/xml/BILLS-113s2475is.xml 2014-06-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.