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S 3231 112th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Judicial procedure and administration Postal service State and local courts

Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2012

Introduced: May 23, 2012 See on congress.gov
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May 23, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 23, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3518)
May 23, 2012
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2012 - Requires the United States Postal Service, for a period of at least four years, to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to increase funding for effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.

Divides the amount received from such sales equally between: (1) programs and activities under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 that specifically target improvement in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care through adoption, guardianship, or kinship care; and (2) the program for state courts to assess and improve handling of proceedings relating to foster care and adoption.

What's happening now May 23, 2012

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 23, 2012
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 23, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3231: Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3231/
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"S. 3231: Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3231/.
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S. 3231, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3231/.
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