[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2485 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2485

  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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 1999

   Mr. Stearns (for himself, Mr. Shows, Mrs. Myrick, and Mrs. Cubin) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                                Commerce

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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 
1999''.

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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