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H.R. 15844 (94th)

Adoption Opportunities Act

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Introduced

1 October 1976

Last action

1 October 1976 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Sponsors

Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19], Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5], Rep. Van Deerlin, Lionel [D-CA-42], Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Burton, Phillip [D-CA-6], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Mosher, Charles A. [R-OH-13], Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20], Rep. Spellman, Gladys Noon [D-MD-5], Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38], Rep. O'Hara, James G. [D-MI-12]

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2 September 2025

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Summary

Adoption Opportunities Act - Title I: National Registry of Adoptable Children - Directs the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to establish and maintain a National Registry of Adoptable Children. Requires that the Registry contain statistics on the numbers of adoptable children in the United States. Directs the Secretary to conduct a continuing national survey to develop and keep current such statistics, and to publish the Registry or make it as widely available as possible. Title II: National Data Bank of Adoption Information and Resources - Provides that the Secretary shall establish and maintain a National Data Bank of Adoption Information and Resources to assist individuals desiring to adopt children. States that the Bank will provide prospective parents with current information on pre-adoption, adoption, and post-adoption costs, and with information on adoption agencies and their services. Requires the Secretary to conduct a continuing national survey to keep the Bank's information current. Title III: Requirements Applicable to Certain Child Related Programs - Subjects specified Social Security programs or projects to whatever requirements the State, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, establishes for the purpose of: (1) insuring that adoption agencies which indirectly or directly federally funded are associated with an adoption service, are conducting an annual review of the status of each child under its care, and are having their expenditures periodically evaluated; (2) licensing all foster care homes in which agencies place children; and (3) promoting and administering State and local programs designed to make children under agency care legally free for adoption by qualified parents. Directs the Secretary to provide for periodic evaluation of State and local programs to insure compliance with this Act.

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Timeline

  1. 1 October 1976

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 1 October 1976

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 1 October 1976

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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