US Congress House Bill 2028 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 142-0)
Status: Introduced on May 16 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-05-16 - 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. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
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. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Joe Garcia [D-FL]
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]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	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. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2013-05-16	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E679)

SB1069 (Same As) 2013-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2028/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2028/BILLS-113hr2028ih.pdf