IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1152 
Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National 
Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the 
children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in 
adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure 
safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2018 
Mr. ADERHOLT (for himself, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, 
Mr. MULLIN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. COMER, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. COOPER, Mr. KING of New 
York, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Ms. GRANGER, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BASS, Mr. SMITH of 
New Jersey, Mr. MITCHELL, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. 
WITTMAN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, and Mr. LONG) submitted the following res-
olution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day 
and National Adoption Month by promoting national 
awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, 
celebrating children and families involved in adoption, 
and encouraging the people of the United States to se-
cure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children. 
Whereas there are millions of unparented children in the 
world, including 437,465 children in the foster care sys-
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tem in the United States, approximately 117,794 of 
whom are waiting for families to adopt them; 
Whereas 64 percent of the children in foster care in the 
United States are age 10 or younger; 
Whereas the average length of time a child spends in foster 
care is approximately 20 months; 
Whereas, for many foster children, the wait for a loving fam-
ily in which the children are nurtured, comforted, and 
protected seems endless; 
Whereas, in 2016, 20,532 youth ‘‘aged out’’ of foster care by 
reaching adulthood without being placed in a permanent 
home; 
Whereas, every day, loving and nurturing families are 
strengthened and expanded when committed and dedi-
cated individuals make an important difference in the life 
of a child through adoption; 
Whereas, while nearly a quarter of individuals in the United 
States have considered adoption, a majority of individuals 
in the United States have misperceptions about the proc-
ess of adopting children from foster care and the children 
who are eligible for adoption; 
Whereas 46 percent of individuals in the United States be-
lieve that children enter the foster care system because 
of juvenile delinquency, when in reality the vast majority 
of children who have entered the foster care system were 
victims of neglect, abandonment, or abuse; 
Whereas 39 percent of individuals in the United States be-
lieve that foster care adoption is expensive, when in re-
ality there is no substantial cost for adopting from foster 
care and financial support is available to adoptive parents 
after an adoption is finalized; 
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Whereas family reunification, kinship care, and domestic and 
intercountry adoption promote permanency and stability 
to a far greater degree than long-term institutionalization 
or long-term, often disrupted, foster care; 
Whereas November is National Adoption Month, and Na-
tional Adoption Day occurs in November; 
Whereas National Adoption Day is a collective national effort 
to find permanent, loving families for children in the fos-
ter care system; 
Whereas, since the first National Adoption Day in 2000, 
more than 70,000 children have joined permanent fami-
lies on National Adoption Day; and 
Whereas the President traditionally issues an annual procla-
mation to declare the month of November as National 
Adoption Month, and National Adoption Day is on No-
vember 17, 2018: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Adoption Day and National Adoption Month; 
(2) recognizes that every child should have a 
permanent and loving family; and 
(3) encourages the people of the United States 
to consider adoption during the month of November 
and throughout the year. 
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