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S. 735 · 111th Congress

Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children with Special Needs Act of 2009

Law · 111-20 · May 15, 2009
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MBD BaucusSponsor
1 cosponsor · 1 R
CGR Grassley

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Mar 30, 2009
  2. Senate Passed Apr 3, 2009
  3. House Passed Apr 29, 2009
  4. President To the President May 5, 2009
  5. President Signed May 15, 2009
  6. Law May 15, 2009

Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children with Special Needs Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to repeal the limitation on FY2008 adoption incentive payments to states to the same manner as such incentives were awarded in FY2008 for the previous fiscal year.

What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · May 15, 2009

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children with Special Needs Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 to repeal the limitation on FY2008 adoption incentive payments to states to the same manner as such incentives were awarded in FY2008 for the previous fiscal year.


Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Protecting Incentives for the Adoption of Children with Special Needs Act of 2009

Latest action (May 15, 2009): Became Public Law No: 111-20.

Policy area: Families · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 30, 2009

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Mar 30, 2009
  2. Senate Passed Apr 3, 2009
  3. House Passed Apr 29, 2009
  4. President To the President May 5, 2009
  5. President Signed May 15, 2009
  6. Law May 15, 2009

No recorded floor vote found.