Securing American Families Everywhere (SAFE Kids) Act

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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