Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act

Summary

Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the adoption incentives grant program (renaming it the adoption and legal guardianship incentive program), creating a new formula for determining adoption incentive payments, and extending the program through FY2016. Requires states to use amounts paid to them under the program to supplement, and not supplant, any federal or non-federal funds used to provide any service under SSA title IV parts B (Child and Family Services) or E. Increases from 24 to 36 the number of months during which incentive program payments are available for expenditure. Requires states to: (1) report annually to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the calculation and use of savings resulting from the application of certain requirements to all children, and (2) spend at least 20% of such savings on post-adoption services. Declares that, in the event of the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the eligibility of a child for a kinship guardianship assistance payment shall not be affected by reason of the replacement of the relative guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the kinship guardianship assistance agreement. Amends SSA title IV part B to extend the family connection grant program through FY2016. Amends SSA title III (Unemployment Insurance) with respect to the requirement that a state have an unemployment compensation law containing certain provisions in order to receive a specified federal grant. Requires a state owed an unemployment compensation debt meeting specified criteria that remains uncollected within two years after it was first incurred to take specified action under the Internal Revenue Code to recover it, including through a tax refund offset.

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 28 October 2013

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• Referred in Senate (PDF)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 28 October 2013

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 22 October 2013

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 22 October 2013

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• Passed House without amendment

  summary · EN · 22 October 2013

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 September 2013

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 27 September 2013

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 27 September 2013

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