3.0.0 2173 2023-01-11T13:39:21Z 2023-01-11T13:39:21Z Senate S 2017-11-29 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-30T02:14:31Z COURTS Act 115 4461 HR 2017-11-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS 2017-11-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7407) IntroReferral 2017-11-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-11-29 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2018-01-19 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2018-02-05 False R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2018-02-05 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-02-06 False Social Welfare Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Indian social and development programs Poverty and welfare assistance State and local courts Social Welfare 00 2017-11-29 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-04T20:22:15Z Continuation of Useful Resources to States Act or COURTS Act

This bill extends and otherwise revises funding for programs related to child welfare. Specifically, the bill extends through FY2022 funding for (1) the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, and (2) the grant program for improving courts' handling of foster-care and adoption proceedings.

]]> COURTS Act Display Title COURTS Act Short Titles as Introduced COURTS Act Short Titles as Introduced Continuation of Useful Resources to States Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend State court funding for child welfare, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2173is/xml/BILLS-115s2173is.xml 2017-11-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7407) 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.