[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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S. 410--A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 
    to ensure States follow best policies and practices for supporting 
    and retaining foster parents and to require the Secretary of 
    Health and Human Services to award grants to States to improve the 
    empowerment, leadership, support, training, recruitment, and 
    retention of foster care, kinship care, and adoptive parents; to 
    the Committee on Finance.


By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Casey, Mr. Bayh, Mr. 
Johnson, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Rockefeller, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Kerry, and Ms. 
Stabenow), S2144 [11FE]

  Cosponsors added, S5065 [4MY], S12618 [7DE]