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A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish, statistical data relating to the incidence of…

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A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish, statistical data relating to the incidence of adoptions.

Introduced: May 20, 1986 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 20, 1986
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Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to annually furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually publish, statistical data on adoptions finalized in the States during the preceding calendar year. Requires that such data include: (1) the number of adoptions finalized; (2) information pertaining to the adoptive children as well as their biological mothers and adoptive parents; and (3) the manner in which such children were placed for adoption.

What's happening now May 20, 1986

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 20, 1986
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2476: A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish, statistical data relating to the incidence of adoptions.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2476/
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"S. 2476: A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to furnish, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish, statistical data relating to the incidence of adoptions.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2476/.
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S. 2476, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-S-2476/.
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