Also tagged in: Budgets, Children, Cost of living adjustments, Families, Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Orphans, Residence requirements, Social security, Social security eligibility
Latest Action: 07/24/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide monthly benefits for certain uninsured children living without parents. 7/24/2008--Introduced. Social Security Uninsured Children's Entitlement Act of 2008 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to entitle certain uninsured children to new monthly benefits treated as monthly insurance benefits payable under the OASDI benefit program.
Also tagged in: Assault, Budgets, Child abuse, Child safety, Child welfare, Children, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Crime prevention, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Curricula, Education, Elementary and secondary education, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee training, Families, Federal aid to law enforcement, Gangs, Government information, Government paperwork, Guardian and ward, Hospital care, Indian children, Indian law enforcement, Infants, Informers, Medical care, Medical records, Medicine, Minorities, Murder, Prosecution, School buildings, School security, Sentences (Criminal procedure), State and local government, State laws, Victims of crimes, Violence
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Bill TextA bill to provide enhanced Federal enforcement and assistance in preventing and prosecuting crimes of violence against children. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Violence Against Children Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to provide for enhanced penalties for violent crimes against children (i.e., persons under 18 years of age).Requires the Attorney General to: (1) provide assistance to state, local, and Indian tribal governments in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any felony crime of violence against children; and (2) award grants to develop and strengthen effective law enforcement and prosecution of crimes against children and to provide education, prevention, intervention, and victims' assistance services for such crimes.Requires states receiving grants under this Act or other federal assistance to: (1) use the National Incident-Based Reporting System; (2) enact a statute to allow a parent to leave a newborn baby at a hospital anonymously without [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Child welfare, Children, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Criminal statistics, Data banks, Demography, Drug abuse, Families, Government information, Government paperwork, Government statistics, Infants, Parents, Technology
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo provide for the establishment of a task force within the Bureau of Justice Statistics to gather information about, study, and report to the Congress regarding, incidents of abandonment of infant children. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Baby Abandonment Prevention Act of 2007 - Directs the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to establish the Task Force on Baby Abandonment to: (1) collect information and maintain a database on incidents of child abandonment, including information on demographics, circumstances, outcomes, and trends; and (2) submit annual reports and recommendations to Congress.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Admission of nonimmigrants, Adoption, Advice and consent of the Senate, Aliens, Armed forces, Census, Child welfare, Children, Citizenship, Communications, Congress, Congress and foreign policy, Congressional reporting requirements, Counseling, Criminal justice, Custody of children, Data banks, Defense policy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Diplomats, Electronic data interchange, Electronic government information, Emigration, Employee training, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Families, Family services, Federal employees, Fees, Fines (Penalties), Fingerprints, Foreign policy, Foster home care, Fraud, Government employees, Government information, Immigration, International affairs, International cooperation, International employees, Job training, Judicial review, Law, Medical care, Medical records, Medicine, Military personnel, Orphans, Parent and child, Parental consent, Passports, Physical examinations, Presidential appointments, Presidents, Residence requirements, Social services, Support of dependents, Technology, Telecommunication, Translating and interpreting, Treaties, Treaty-making power, Vaccines, Visas, Welfare
Latest Action: 02/02/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Bill TextTo reform Federal procedures relating to intercountry adoption. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Intercountry Adoption Reform Act of 2007 or the ICARE Act - Establishes an Office of Intercountry Adoptions within the Department of State to be headed by the Ambassador at Large for Intercountry Adoptions. Transfers to the Office all functions with respect to intercountry adoptions currently performed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise: (1) conditions for automatic citizenship for children born outside the United States, including for adopted children; and (2) requirements concerning the history of parents' physical presence in the United States or its possessions. Defines the term "full and final adoption." Prescribes procedural requirements for the adoption of foreign-born children by U.S. citizens.Establishes a nonimmigrant W-visa for an adoptable child coming into the United States for adoption by [...] show full description
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