Fostering Our Future Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5436
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2006-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption
Bar associations
Child abuse
Child support
Child welfare
Child witnesses
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Court records
Crime and Law Enforcement
Custody of children
Domestic relations
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Family courts
Federal aid to education
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government statistics
Grants-in-aid
Guardian and ward
Higher education
Judges
Judicial officers
Juvenile delinquency
Labor and Employment
Law
Lawyers
Legal education
Legal fees
Legal services
Parent and child
Parents
Parties to actions
Paternity
Performance measurement
Right to counsel
Scholarships
Social Welfare
State courts
State laws
Student loan funds

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-19
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Fostering Our Future Act of 2006 - Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require, for grants to the highest state courts for foster care proceedings, that the state in which the courts are located has laws and procedures in effect that will ensure that the courts measure their performance with respect to children under the court's jurisdiction.
 
 Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to forgive the student loan debt of a borrower who: (1) enters a written agreement with the Secretary to remain employed full-time as a family law, dependency, or domestic relations attorney for at least three years; and (2) is not in default on a loan for which the borrower seeks forgiveness. Limits the amount that the Secretary may pay to no more than $6,000 in any year for any borrower or $50,000 in the aggregate for any borrower. Authorizes the Secretary to renew such agreements.
 
 Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a comparative study of state dependency courts and foster care systems.
 
 Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) court accountability for improved child outcomes; (2) the organization of state dependency courts; (3) building the pool of attorneys qualified to handle cases in dependency courts; and (4) training, caseloads, and compensation of attorneys for children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3217)
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-19
text: Introduced in House