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HR 2426 118th Congress House Families Adoption and foster care Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Human trafficking Missing persons Sex offenses Smuggling and trafficking

Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

Introduced: November 30, 2023 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 13, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-385.
Feb 13, 2024
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 315.
Nov 30, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
Nov 30, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mar 30, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced in House
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Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

This bill requires the Children's Bureau of the Office of the Administration for Children & Families to provide states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations with information, advice, educational materials, and technical assistance relating to eliminating obstacles to identifying and responding to reports of children missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth.

Specifically, the bureau must evaluate the protocols that states and tribes have developed to comply with the reporting requirements for locating children missing from foster care and identify the best practices for providing such children with effective interventions.

Additionally, the bureau must provide assistance for assessing and screening children who were missing and returned to foster care and children who are, or are at risk of, being victims of sex trafficking.

What's happening now February 13, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 315.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 21
All 21 Democratic 9 Republican 11
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Hinson, Ashley
Iowa · Jan 25, 2024
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Estes, Ron
Kansas · Nov 30, 2023
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Nov 30, 2023
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Nunn, Zachary
Iowa · Nov 30, 2023
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Oct 25, 2023
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Langworthy, Nicholas A.
New York · Oct 20, 2023
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Lawler, Michael
New York · Oct 10, 2023
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Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Aug 8, 2023
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Jun 16, 2023
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Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · May 17, 2023
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Casten, Sean
Illinois · Apr 27, 2023
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Apr 27, 2023
Lamborn, Doug
· Apr 25, 2023
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Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Apr 17, 2023
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Mar 30, 2023
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Brown, Shontel M.
Ohio · Mar 30, 2023
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Houchin, Erin
Indiana · Mar 30, 2023
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Kamlager-Dove, Sydney
California · Mar 30, 2023
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 30, 2023
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Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Mar 30, 2023
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Mar 30, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2426: Find and Protect Foster Youth Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2426/
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"H.R. 2426: Find and Protect Foster Youth Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2426/.
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H.R. 2426, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-2426/.
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