HRES915: Urging the Government of Ukraine to review and modify its decision to suspend adoption by…
118th Congress (2023–2025) · House resolution · Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
This page covers HRES915 in the 118th Congress. Bill numbers start over every Congress, so HRES915 in another Congress is a different bill.
Urging the Government of Ukraine to review and modify its decision to suspend adoption by foreign nationals with a view to resuming such adoptions, particularly in cases where the mutual concerns of the Governments of Ukraine and of the United States can be substantially addressed.
Key facts
| Item |
Detail |
| Roll-call votes |
1 |
| Chamber |
House |
| Latest vote |
2024-11-21: Passed |
| Latest action |
2024-11-21: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| Policy area |
International Affairs |
| Official record |
Congress.gov |
What the bill does
This resolution urges Ukraine to resume allowing certain U. S. citizens to adopt and to receive pre-adoptive placements of Ukrainian children. Specifically, the resolution: recommends Ukraine consider, as particularly urgent, cases where prospective U. S. parents have completed Ukraine's adoption process and received approval prior to the suspension of adoptions by non-Ukrainians on March 13, 2022; recommends that, in cases where Ukrainian children had already been placed in hosting programs, prospective U. S. parents be allowed to initiate the adoption process; and recommends that prospective U. S. parents be allowed to apply to receive, in a pre-adoptive placement, Ukrainian children that previously participated in hosting programs and that have an uncertain legal status regarding adoption.
Subjects: Adoption and foster care, Europe, Immigration status and procedures, Ukraine
Roll-call votes on HRES915 (118th Congress)
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date |
Chamber |
Question |
Result |
Yea |
Nay |
Not voting |
Record |
| 2024-11-21 |
House |
2/3 Yea-And-Nay |
Passed |
327 |
6 |
37 |
Official tally |
What is HRES915 in the 118th Congress?
HRES915 (Urging the Government of Ukraine to review and modify its decision to suspend adoption by foreign nationals with a view to resuming such adoptions, particularly in cases where the mutual concerns of…) was introduced in the 118th Congress (2023–2025) by Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4].
What is the latest action on HRES915?
On 2024-11-21: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
How many roll-call votes were held on HRES915?
1 recorded vote in the 118th Congress. The most recent, on 2024-11-21, was "2/3 Yea-And-Nay": Passed.
