US Congress House Bill 1681 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 114-1)
Status: Introduced on May 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-05-03 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Prohibits an entity that receives federal assistance and is involved in adoption or foster care placements from discriminating against prospective adoptive or foster parents solely on the basis of their sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status or on the basis of the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in order to ensure compliance with, and ensure understanding of the legal, practice, and culture changes required by this Act in making foster care and adoption placement decisions, to provide specified technical assistance to all entities covered by this Act. Requires a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of whether states have substantially complied with this Act in eliminating policies, practices, or statutes that deny adoption rights on the basis of these criteria.

Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]	Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Hansen Clarke [D-MI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]
Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-03	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2011-05-03	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E787)

SB1770 (Related) 2011-11-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1681/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1681/BILLS-112hr1681ih.pdf