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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 See on congress.gov
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Sep 27, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 27, 2006
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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 September 27, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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SOUDER, MARK
· Sep 27, 2006
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Sep 27, 2006
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6209: Religious Freedom for Providers of Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Services Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6209/
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"H.R. 6209: Religious Freedom for Providers of Adoption, Foster Care, and Child Welfare Services Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6209/.
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H.R. 6209, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-6209/.
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