Bills · 118th Congress · Families

Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced3/30/23
  2. Passed SenatePassed 10/30/23
  3. HousePassed 9/18/24
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the Senate by unanimous consent on October 30, 2023. Passed the House 408–7 on September 18, 2024 (Roll Call 422 →).

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · 9/18/24Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill. “As amended” means changes written into the motion itself are included.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic203 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Not voting
  • Republican205 Yea · 7 Nay · 7 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Find and Protect Foster Youth Act

This bill requires the Children's Bureau of the Office of the Administration for Children & Families to provide states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations with information, advice, educational materials, and technical assistance relating to eliminating obstacles to identifying and responding to reports of children missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth.

Specifically, the bureau must evaluate the protocols that states and tribes have developed to comply with the reporting requirements for locating children missing from foster care and identify the best practices for providing such children with effective interventions.

Full text on congress.gov ↗
Sponsor
Sen. John Cornyn ( Republican · TX)
Cosponsors
10
Introduced
3/30/23
Policy area
Families

What happens next

Both chambers have passed the same text. Next it goes to the President, who can sign or veto it.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2025, it expires when the 118th Congress ends.

All actions (17)
  1. 3/30/23Introduced in Senate
  2. 3/30/23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  3. 10/30/23Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  4. 10/30/23Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5232; text: CR S5232-5233)
  5. 10/30/23Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5232; text: CR S5232-5233)
  6. 10/31/23Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  7. 11/1/23Received in the House.
  8. 11/1/23Held at the desk.
  9. 9/17/24Mr. Smith (MO) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. 9/17/24Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5257-5259)
  11. 9/17/24DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1146.
  12. 9/17/24At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  13. 9/18/24Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5340-5341)
  14. 9/18/24Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 7 (Roll no. 422). (text: 09/17/2024 CR H5257-5258)
  15. 9/18/24On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 7 (Roll no. 422). (text: 09/17/2024 CR H5257-5258)
  16. 9/18/24Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  17. 9/19/24Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.