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Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children Act

Introduced: September 8, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Sep 16, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Sep 8, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 8, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7913-7914)
Sep 8, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children Act - Entitles each state which makes foster care maintenance payments on behalf of foster children in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina, for a 12-month period beginning with September 2005, to payments equal to its total expenditures for: (1) such children in foster family homes or child care institutions; and (2) provision of child placement services, plan administration, or services to improve the children's well-being (as the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds necessary).

What's happening now September 16, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6 Independent 1
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Oct 19, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Oct 7, 2005
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Oct 7, 2005
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Sep 27, 2005
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Sep 20, 2005
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 15, 2005
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Sep 14, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3711: Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3711/
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"H.R. 3711: Emergency Action for Vulnerable Children Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3711/.
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H.R. 3711, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3711/.
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