42 U.S.C. § 5111
Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 5111, Congressional findings and declaration of purpose, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/480177
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Congress finds that—
on average, children entering foster care have more physical and mental health needs than do children in the general population, and some require intensive services because the children entering foster care—
in order both to enhance the stability of and love in the home environments of such children and to avoid wasteful expenditures of public funds, such children—
It is the purpose of this subchapter to facilitate the elimination of barriers, including geographic barriers, to adoption and to provide permanent and loving home environments for children who would benefit from adoption, particularly older children, minority children, and children with special needs, including disabled infants with life-threatening conditions, by providing a mechanism to—
maintain an Internet-based national adoption information exchange system to—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Child Abuse Amendments of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: 96–0
- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003House: 421–3Senate: no recorded tally
- CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally