HR 2149 113th Congress House 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 2013

Introduced: May 23, 2013 See on congress.gov

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

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.

What's happening now July 8, 2013

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

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