HR 6209
109th Congress
House
Families
Adoption
Economics and Public Finance
Foster home care
Grants-in-aid
Married people
Religion
Religious liberty
Religious Freedom for Providers of Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Services Act
Introduced: September 27, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 27, 2006
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Religious Freedom for Providers of Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Services Act - Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance to a state or local government that discriminates against any entity that provides adoption or foster care services to only those couples who are united in marriage (defined as a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife) and to only those individuals whose conduct is in accordance with such entity's religious principles and practices.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1