Fostering Our Future Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3758
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 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: 2005-09-13
text: 
Fostering Our Future Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to state courts to build capacity to track and analyze foster care caseloads and performance measures under the Omnibus Budget Reconcilation Act of 1993, as amended by this Act. Requires such grants to be made to the highest state courts in states participating in the program of federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act. Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to condition eligibility for certain grants on specified measures of foster care court performance. 

Amends Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of student loan forgiveness for certain family law, dependency, or domestic relations attorneys.

Directs the Comptroller General to do 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 (5) training, caseloads, and compensation of attorneys for children. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-11-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2005-09-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8326-8327)
action_date: 2005-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2005-09-13
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: 2005-09-13
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: 2005-09-13
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: 2005-09-13
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: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House