Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1047
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2013-05-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Adoption and foster care

Child safety and welfare

Judicial procedure and administration

Postal service

State and local courts
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013 - Requires the United States Postal Service, for a period of at least four years, to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to increase funding for effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.</p> <p>Divides the amount received from such sales equally between: (1) programs and activities under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 that specifically target improvement in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care through adoption, guardianship, or kinship care; and (2) the program for state courts to assess and improve handling of proceedings relating to foster care and adoption.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1047 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 23, 2013 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Ms. Landrieu , and Mr. Cochran ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal by the United States Postal Service to support effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013 . 2. Families for foster youth semipostal (a) In general In order to increase funding for effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care, the United States Postal Service shall, for a period of not less than 4 years, provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal, in accordance with section 416 of title 39, United States Code. (b) Disposition of amounts (1) Adoption Opportunities Program Fifty percent of any amounts becoming available from the sale of the semipostal under this Act shall be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for programs and activities authorized under section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 5113 ) that specifically target improvement in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care through adoption, guardianship, or kinship care. (2) State Court Improvement Program Fifty percent of any amounts becoming available from the sale of the semipostal under this Act shall be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for programs and activities authorized under section 438 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629h). (c) Definition In this Act, the term semipostal has the meaning given that term in section 416 of title 39, United States Code.