SRES 345
108th Congress
Senate
Families
Caregivers
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Family services
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Grandparents
Guardian and ward
Housing and Community Development
Housing subsidies
Legislation
Policy sciences
Respite care
Social Welfare
A resolution expressing the Sense of the Senate that Congress should expand the supports and services available to grandparents and other relatives who are raising children when their biological parents have died or can no longer take care of them.
Introduced: April 28, 2004
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2004
Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4504)
Apr 28, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4504-4505)
Apr 28, 2004
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should establish new and expanded supports and services, such as respite care, housing, and subsidized guardianship, for grandparents and other relatives who are raising children inside and outside of the foster care system.
Recognizes the commitment of grandparents and other relatives raising children whose parents are unable or unwilling to do so. Urges institutions and government entities to promote public policies that support such caregivers.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4504)
Committees of jurisdiction
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