HR 8584 · 95th Congress ·
A bill to promote the healthy development of children who would benefit from adoption by facilitating their placement in adoptive homes.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1977-07-27)
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Opportunities for Adoption Act - Requires the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to appoint a Committee on Uniform Adoption Regulations. Directs such Committee to review current conditions, practices, and laws relating to adoption and to propose to the Secretary uniform adoption regulations. Directs the Secretary to make grants to States for allocation to State agencies and to public and private nonprofit adoption agencies to assist such agencies in meeting the costs involved in the adoptive placement of children. Establishes a National Office of Adoption Information and Services. Requires the establishment of a national adoption data, tracking, and analysis system utilizing computers.…
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Cosponsors (20)
19 Democrats1 Republican