Securing American Families Everywhere (SAFE Kids) Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on: (1) the extent of adoption disruption and dissolution in the United States and efforts by state and local governments and private child welfare agencies to prevent the disruption and dissolution; and (2) set forth legislative options to require such agencies to track and report on disrupted or dissolved adoptions, and to prepare prospective adoptive parents and support them after an adoption.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5881 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5881
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to
the Congress a report on adoption disruption and dissolution in the
United States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 11, 2014
Mr. Stivers (for himself and Ms. Bass) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to
the Congress a report on adoption disruption and dissolution in the
United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securing American Families
Everywhere (SAFE Kids) Act''.
SEC. 2. STUDY ON ADOPTION DISRUPTION AND DISSOLUTION.
Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Congress a
written report that--
(1) describes the extent of adoption disruption and
dissolution in the United States, and the efforts by State and
local governments and private child welfare agencies to prevent
the disruption and dissolution;
(2) recommends legislation to define adoption disruption
and adoption dissolution, to prevent adoption disruption and
adoption dissolution, and require State and local governments
and child welfare agencies to track and report on disrupted or
dissolved adoptions; and
(3) sets forth legislative options to prepare prospective
adoptive parents for adoption and to support adoptive parents
after an adoption.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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