US Congress House Bill 2640 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 99-1)
Status: Introduced on May 24 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-06-07 - 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 This bill prohibits adoption or foster care placement entities that receive federal 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. This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish guidance on legal compliance with the requirements of this bill and to assist entities with casework practices, recruitment efforts, and cultural competency training. This bill 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 from states that fail to comply with the requirements of this bill.

Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]
Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
2017-05-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2017-05-24	House	Introduced in House

SB1303 (Related) 2017-06-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2640/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2640/BILLS-115hr2640ih.pdf