Federal - HR 897
Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act - HR 897
Introduced
January 30, 2019
Description
This bill would allow child placing agencies with sincerely held religious beliefs to live out their faith and consider religious beliefs when placing children in homes.
Our Position
Original Sponsor 1
Co-Sponsors 64
- Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
- Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA)
- Rep. Donald Bacon (R-NE)
- Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN)
- Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ)
- Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC)
- Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
- Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
- Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH)
- Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX)
- Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY)
- Rep. James Comer (R-KY)
- Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
- Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS)
- Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX)
- Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
- Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Gov. Greg Gianforte (R-MT)
- Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
- Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO)
- Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA)
- Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH)
- Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA)
- Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
- Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)
- Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS)
- Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL)
- Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
- Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH)
- Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
- Rep. Billy Long (R-MO)
- Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)
- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
- Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
- Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC)
- Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA)
- Rep. Paul Mitchell (I-MI)
- Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV)
- Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC)
- Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX)
- Rep. Gary Palmer (R-AL)
- Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
- Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL)
- Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX)
- Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA)
- Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC)
- Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN)
- Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL)
- Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL)
- Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ)
- Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
- Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA)
- Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL)
- Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT)
- Rep. William Timmons (R-SC)
- Rep. Mark Walker (R-NC)
- Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX)
- Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX)
- Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA)
Latest Actions See More/Less
Feb. 4, 2020 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Meuser, (R-Pa.) Sept. 13, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Steube, (R-Fla.) July 9, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Marchant, (R-Texas) June 4, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Luetkemeyer, (R-Mo.) May 1, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Timmons (R-S.C.) March 27, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Cloud, (R-Texas) March 18, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 2
Reschenthaler, (R-Pa.) Rice, T. (R-S.C.) Feb. 28, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 1
Jordan, (R-Ohio) Feb. 25, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 3
Estes, (R-Kan.) Long, (R-Mo.) Smucker, (R-Pa.) Feb. 12, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 3
Bacon, (R-Neb.) Chabot, (R-Ohio) Johnson, B. (R-Ohio) Feb. 7, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 6
Calvert, (R-Calif.) Latta, (R-Ohio) Schweikert, (R-Ariz.) LaHood, (R-Ill.) Olson, (R-Texas) Williams, (R-Texas) Feb. 5, 2019 — Additional cosponsor(s): 6
Banks, (R-Ind.) Foxx, (R-N.C.) Mitchell, (R-Mich.) Budd, (R-N.C.) Kelly, T. (R-Miss.) Ratcliffe, (R-Texas) Jan. 30, 2019 — Original cosponsor(s): 37
Aderholt, R. (R-Ala.) Gohmert, (R-Texas) Peterson, (D-Minn.) Allen, (R-Ga.) Grothman, (R-Wis.) Posey, (R-Fla.) Biggs, (R-Ariz.) Hartzler, (R-Mo.) Roe, (R-Tenn.) Carter, J. (R-Texas) Hice, (R-Ga.) Rooney, F. (R-Fla.) Cole, (R-Okla.) Johnson, M. (R-La.) Rutherford, (R-Fla.) Collins, C. (R-N.Y.) Jones, (R-N.C.) Smith, C. (R-N.J.) Comer, (R-Ky.) Lamborn, (R-Colo.) Stewart, (R-Utah) Duncan, Jeff (R-S.C.) Lesko, (R-Ariz.) Walker, (R-N.C.) Flores, (R-Texas) Loudermilk, (R-Ga.) Weber, (R-Texas) Fortenberry, (R-Neb.) Meadows, (R-N.C.) Wilson, J. (R-S.C.) Gaetz, (R-Fla.) Mooney, (R-W.Va.) Wittman, (R-Va.) Gianforte, (R-Mont.) Norman, (R-S.C.) Gibbs, (R-Ohio) Palmer, (R-Ala.) Jan. 30, 2019 — Read twice and referred to: House Ways and Means.Congressional Record p. H1334
Commentary
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An Obama administration rule change impacting Child Placement Agencies (CPAs) and others redefined "non-discrimination" (which historically applied only to race, color, and national origin) to include religion and sexual orientation. This has resulted in faith-based Child Placing Agencies (CPAs) being faced with the dilemma of no longer considering religious beliefs when placing children in homes at the risk of losing funding and possibly their CPA license. The Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act would allow CPAs with sincerely held religious beliefs to live out their faith and consider religious beliefs when placing children in homes.