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Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the…

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Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster-care system.

Introduced: June 4, 2013 See on congress.gov
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May 7, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 7, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Recognizes National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges that children in the foster care system face.

Encourages Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.

Supports the designation of National Foster Care Month.

What's happening now May 7, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 51
All 51 Democratic 35 Republican 2
D
Takano, Mark
California · Jul 22, 2013
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jun 5, 2013
ANDREWS, ROBERT
· Jun 4, 2013
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 4, 2013
Braley, Bruce
· Jun 4, 2013
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jun 4, 2013
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 4, 2013
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 4, 2013
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 4, 2013
O'Rourke, Beto
· Jun 4, 2013
TIBERI, PATRICK
· Jun 4, 2013
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 4, 2013
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 13, 2013
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · May 13, 2013
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · May 13, 2013
CAPPS, LOIS
· May 13, 2013
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 13, 2013
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · May 13, 2013
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 13, 2013
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · May 13, 2013
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 13, 2013
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 13, 2013
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · May 13, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· May 13, 2013
 D
Foster, Bill
Illinois · May 13, 2013
GREEN, GENE
· May 13, 2013
Heck, Denny
· May 13, 2013
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · May 13, 2013
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 13, 2013
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · May 13, 2013
LEWIS, JOHN
· May 13, 2013
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 13, 2013
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · May 13, 2013
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 13, 2013
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 13, 2013
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 13, 2013
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 13, 2013
Richmond, Cedric
· May 13, 2013
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 13, 2013
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 13, 2013
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 13, 2013
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 13, 2013
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · May 13, 2013
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · May 13, 2013
Walz, Timothy
· May 13, 2013
WATT, MELVIN
· May 13, 2013
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 13, 2013
LATHAM, TOM
· May 7, 2013
Marino, Tom
· May 7, 2013
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 7, 2013
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 203: Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster-care system.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-203/
MLA
"H. Res. 203: Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster-care system.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-203/.
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H. Res. 203, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-203/.
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[H. Res. 203: Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster-care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster-care system.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-203/)
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