Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 637 (104th)

Adoption Antidiscrimination Act of 1995

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

28 March 1995

Last action

28 March 1995 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI], Sen. Faircloth, Lauch [R-NC]

Subjects

Rule of law, Education

Source updated

21 August 2025

Rule of law · Education

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

Adoption Antidiscrimination Act of 1995 - Prohibits any entity (including a State) that receives Federal funds and is involved in adoption or foster care placements from: (1) denying to any person the opportunity to become an adoptive or foster parent on the basis of race, color, or national origin of either the person or the child; or (2) delaying or denying the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, or discriminating in making a placement decision on the basis of such factors. Sets forth penalties for violations of this Act. Precludes State immunity under the 11th Amendment to the Constitution for violations of this Act. Exempts the Indian Child Welfare Act from the application of this Act. Repeals specified provisions of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (regarding racial matching in the child adoption process).

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 28 March 1995

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 March 1995

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4725-4726)

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 March 1995

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (text)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 March 1995

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in Senate (PDF)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 28 March 1995

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 28 March 1995

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.