[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 187 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 187

  To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to permit family 
             planning projects to offer adoption services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 1997

   Mr. Helms introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to permit family 
             planning projects to offer adoption services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Adoption Services Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. ADOPTION SERVICES.

    Section 1001(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300(a)) 
is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: ``Such 
projects may also offer adoption services. Any adoption services 
provided under such projects shall be nondiscriminatory as to race, 
color, religion, or national origin.''.
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