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RepublicanBill · S.Res. 513· Senate(119-SRES-513)

A resolution designating November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month to promote national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.

Rep. Cramer
Age: 65 years
North Dakota
Introduced
11/20/2025
Last activity
11/20/2025 — Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8399; text: CR S8281)
Sponsored by
Kevin Cramer
Cosponsors
Republican - 21Democrat - 10
Families
  1. Introduced
  2. Officially Recorded
  3. Adopted by the Senate

A Senate resolution is the Senate speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the Senate agrees to it, it is officially the Senate's word; it is not a law, so the House and the President have no part in it.

What this bill would do

This resolution designates November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month. It aims to promote national awareness about adoption and the children who are currently waiting for families. The text highlights the large number of children in the United States foster care system, some of whom have a permanency plan of adoption. It celebrates the children and families who are involved in the adoption process. Finally, it encourages the people of the United States to work toward securing safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.

Yes· 3 of 4

  • Would children be better off under this?+5

    Brings national awareness and promotes finding permanent, loving families for children in foster care.

  • Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?+3

    Helps foster youth find permanent homes before aging out of the system.

  • Is this likely to lift people out of poverty?+2

    Promotes permanent homes and support for children in the foster care system.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.