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H.R. 2149 113th Congress House

Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013

Official title: To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service to support effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.

Introduced: July 17, 2013 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Adoption and foster careChild safety and welfareJudicial procedure and administrationPostal serviceState and local courts
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 8, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jun 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
May 23, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 23, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 8, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013 - 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1047 Identical bill Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 2
D
Takano, Mark
California · Jun 19, 2014
MCDERMOTT, JIM
· Feb 25, 2014
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 25, 2014
O'Rourke, Beto
· Jan 29, 2014
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 17, 2013
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 11, 2013
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jun 11, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 11, 2013
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · May 23, 2013
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