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US HRes855

US HRes855
Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.

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Introduced
11/04/2025
In Committee
11/04/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

119th Congress

Bill Summary

Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.

AI Summary

This resolution acknowledges the significant challenges facing children in the foster care system, highlighting that 328,947 children are in foster care, with approximately 49,994 waiting to be adopted, and 15,590 at risk of aging out of the system in 2023 without finding a permanent home. The resolution supports National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month, recognizing that while nearly a quarter of Americans have considered adoption, many misunderstand the adoption process. It emphasizes the importance of finding permanent, loving families for children through family reunification, kinship care, and domestic and intercountry adoption. The House of Representatives officially supports the goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month, affirms that every child deserves a permanent and loving family, and encourages Americans to consider adoption during November and throughout the year. The resolution also notes that since the first National Adoption Day in 2000, more than 85,000 children have been placed in permanent families, and that the President traditionally issues an annual proclamation declaring November as National Adoption Month.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (51)

Robert Aderholt (R)*,  Don Bacon (R),  Tom Barrett (R),  Wesley Bell (D),  Sanford Bishop (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  Vern Buchanan (R),  André Carson (D),  Troy Carter (D),  Angie Craig (D),  Sharice Davids (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Randy Feenstra (R),  Shomari Figures (D),  Brad Finstad (R),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  Maggie Goodlander (D),  Michael Guest (R),  Harriet Hageman (R),  Wesley Hunt (R),  Hank Johnson (D),  Julie Johnson (D),  Mike Kelly (R),  Mike Lawler (R),  Julia Letlow (R),  Anna Luna (R),  Ryan Mackenzie (R),  Richard McCormick (R),  John McGuire (R),  Cory Mills (R),  John Moolenaar (R),  Barry Moore (R),  Seth Moulton (D),  Jim Moylan (R),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Zach Nunn (R),  Gary Palmer (R),  Mike Rogers (R),  Michael Rulli (R),  John Rutherford (R),  Terri Sewell (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Adrian Smith (R),  Greg Steube (R),  Dale Strong (R),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Norma Torres (D),  Mike Turner (R),  Frederica Wilson (D),  Rudy Yakym (R), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. (on 11/04/2025)

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