US Congress House Bill 2449 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 112-1)
Status: Introduced on May 19 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Every Child Deserves a Family Act Prohibits adoption or foster care placement service entities that receive federal assistance (or that contract with entities receiving such assistance) from using the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of a prospective adoptive or foster parent, or from using the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child, to: (1) deny a person the opportunity to become an adoptive or foster parent; (2) delay or deny the placement of a child for adoption or into foster care; or (3) require different or additional screenings or procedures for adoptive or foster placement decisions, including whether to seek the termination of birth parent rights or to make a child legally available for adoptive placement. Allows individuals aggrieved by a violation of this Act to bring an action seeking relief in federal court. Directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish guidance on legal compliance and to assist entities with casework practices, recruitment efforts, and cultural competency training. Allows HHS to withhold payments under part B (Child and Family Services) or part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to states that fail to comply with this Act.

Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	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. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
2015-05-19	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-05-19	House	Introduced in House

SB1382 (Related) 2015-05-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2449/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2449/BILLS-114hr2449ih.pdf