IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 817 
Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Month and National 
Adoption Day by promoting national awareness of adoption and the 
children waiting for adoption, 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 18, 2021 
Mr. SMITH of Washington (for himself, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 
Mr. COHEN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. DANNY K. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. POCAN, Mr. MCHENRY, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 
Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BACON, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, and Mr. MULLIN) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Month 
and National Adoption Day by promoting national 
awareness of adoption and the children waiting for adop-
tion, celebrating children and families involved in adop-
tion, and encouraging the people of the United States 
to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all chil-
dren. 
Whereas there are far too many children outside of perma-
nent family care and in the United States foster care sys-
tem, who are waiting to be adopted; 
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•HRES 817 IH 
Whereas the Children’s Bureau, an office of the Administra-
tion for Children and Families within the Department of 
Health and Human Services, supports programs, re-
search, and monitoring to help eliminate barriers to 
adoption and find permanent families for children; 
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 the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic 
has presented unprecedented challenges to the United 
States; the foster care system, including kinship care; 
prospective adoptive parents; and the children awaiting 
permanency; 
Whereas foster care systems, prospective adoptive parents, 
and the children awaiting permanency have stepped up in 
brave and inspiring ways in order to meet these chal-
lenges; 
Whereas the President traditionally issues an annual procla-
mation to declare the month of November to be National 
Adoption Month, and the President has proclaimed No-
vember 2021 to be National Adoption Month; 
Whereas National Adoption Day has been celebrated as a col-
lective national effort to find permanent and loving fami-
lies for children in the foster care system; and 
Whereas the Saturday before Thanksgiving has been recog-
nized as National Adoption Day since at least 2000, and 
in 2021, the Saturday before Thanksgiving is November 
20: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Adoption Month and National Adoption Day; 
(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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