The record

LegislationLegislation· Mar 2025
HR 579 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Randy Feenstra (R)

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2025

Requires states to develop plans for recruiting and retaining foster and adoptive families.

Tradeoff

Requires states to collect data on foster family capacity, recruitment barriers, and racial-ethnic matching of families with children in care. No new federal funding is provided.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House by on March 4, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 21, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Ways and Means(Jan 21, 2025)

  3. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Mar 4, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Finance(Mar 5, 2025)