S 920
105th Congress
Senate
Families
Adoption
Child abuse
Child welfare
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Federal aid to child welfare
Federal-state relations
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Guardian and ward
Performance measurement
Social Welfare
Adoption Report Card of 1997
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 17, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jun 17, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5808)
Jun 17, 1997
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Adoption Report Card Act of 1997 - Amends Part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) issue an annual report card containing each State's performance rating (including a performance analysis) with respect to protecting children placed for adoption, in foster care, or with a guardian; and (2) develop, for use in preparing such report card, a set of outcome measures for specified categories related to the family conditions of such children.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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