IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 530 
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 17, 2015 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona (for himself, Ms. BASS, Ms. LEE, Mr. DANNY K. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. HUIZENGA of 
Michigan, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SIRES, Mr. WHIT-
FIELD, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 
Mr. RUSSELL, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. BLUM, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. 
HAHN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. NORCROSS, Mrs. HARTZLER, 
and Mr. ROE of Tennessee) submitted the following resolution; 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 415,129 children in the foster care sys-
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children who have entered the foster care system were 
victims of neglect, abandonment, or abuse; 
Whereas 39 percent of people in the United States believe 
that foster care adoption is expensive, when in reality 
there is no substantial cost for adopting from foster care 
and financial support is available to adoptive parents 
after the adoption is finalized; 
Whereas family reunification, kinship care, and domestic and 
inter-county adoption promote permanency and stability 
to a far greater degree than long-term institutionalization 
and long-term, often disrupted foster care; 
Whereas both ‘‘National Adoption Day’’ and ‘‘National Adop-
tion Month’’ occur in the month of November; 
Whereas ‘‘National Adoption Day’’ is a collective national ef-
fort to find permanent, loving families for children in the 
foster care system; 
Whereas since the first ‘‘National Adoption Day’’ in 2000, 
nearly 54,500 children have joined forever families during 
‘‘National Adoption Day’’; 
Whereas in 2014, at least 400 events were held in the United 
States, finalizing the adoptions of approximately 4,500 
children from foster care; 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 
November 21, 2015: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘National 
Adoption Day’’ and ‘‘National Adoption Month’’; 
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(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 all throughout the year. 
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