United States · Bill · S
S. 987 (95th)
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove all restrictions on the adoption by U.S. citizens of more than two children.
Introduced
14 March 1977
Last action
14 March 1977 · Introduced
Status
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Sponsors
Sen. Anderson, Wendell R. [D-MN], Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT], Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND], Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN], Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI], Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL], Sen. Case, Clifford P. [R-NJ], Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT], Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI]
Subjects
Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the limit on the number of alien children which may be adopted.
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Timeline
14 March 1977
Introduced
Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
14 March 1977
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Documents
1 official file
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 14 March 1977
Sponsors
- Sen. Anderson, Wendell R. [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Garn, E. J. (Jake) [R-UT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Young, Milton R. [R-ND] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Matsunaga, Spark M. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Stevenson, Adlai E., III [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Case, Clifford P. [R-NJ] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/senate-bill/987
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/s/987
- us · 95-s-987 · source updated 10 August 2026