119-hr3247

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3247 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3247

To prohibit entities receiving Federal assistance that are involved in 
adoption or foster care placements from delaying or denying placements 
 under certain conditions.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 7, 2025

Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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 A BILL

To prohibit entities receiving Federal assistance that are involved in 
adoption or foster care placements from delaying or denying placements 
 under certain conditions.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Sensible Adoption For Every Home 
Act'' or the ``SAFE Home Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL FOSTER CARE AND 
 ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--

Section 471

    (a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 671

    (a) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph

    (36) ;

    (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph

    (37) and 
 inserting ``; and''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (38)
        (A) prohibits any entity that receives Federal 
 assistance and is involved in adoption or foster care 
 placements from delaying or denying the placement of a minor 
 child for adoption or into foster care, or otherwise 
 discriminating in making a placement decision with a 
 prospective or actual adoptive or foster parent, for any of the 
 following reasons:
 ``
            (i) The parent raises, cares for, and addresses a 
 child in a manner consistent with the child's sex.
 ``
            (ii) The parent declines to consent to a child 
 receiving any medical, surgical, pharmacological, or 
 psychological treatment or other medical or mental 
 health service for the purpose of attempting to alter 
 the appearance of, or to validate a child's perception 
 of, the child's sex, if the appearance or perception is 
 inconsistent with the child's sex.
 ``
            (iii) The parent declines to consent to an 
 amendment or alteration to a child's birth certificate, 
 passport, driver's license, school records, or other 
 government-issued identification document, if the 
 amendment or alteration is inconsistent with the 
 child's sex; and
 ``
        (B) for purposes of this paragraph, defines--
 ``
            (i) the term `sex' as biological sex, either male 
 or female;
 ``
            (ii) the term `female' as an individual who has, 
 had, will have, or but for a developmental or genetic 
 anomaly or historical accident would have, a 
 reproductive system that at some point produces, 
 transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization; and
 ``
            (iii) the term `male' as an individual who has, 
 had, will have, or but for a developmental or genetic 
 anomaly or historical accident would have, a 
 reproductive system that at some point produces, 
 transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--

    (1) In general.--The amendment made by this Act shall take 
 effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal quarter beginning on or 
 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to 
 payments under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 
 for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date.

    (2) Delay permitted if state legislation required.--If the 
 Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State 
 legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) is 
 required in order for a State plan developed pursuant to part E 
 of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the additional 
 requirements imposed by the amendments made by this Act, the 
 plan shall not be regarded as failing to meet any of the 
 additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar 
 quarter beginning after the first regular session of the State 
 legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
 Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if the State has a 
 2-year legislative session, each year of the session is deemed 
 to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
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