Senate marks adoption awareness month to highlight 70,000 waiting children
S.Res. 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. · Filed by Kevin Cramer (R-ND) · 31 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This resolution designates November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day and November 2025 as National Adoption Month to raise awareness about the roughly 70,000 children in U.S. foster care awaiting adoption. It encourages Americans to consider adoption and support efforts to find permanent families for waiting children, with no direct funding or regulatory changes.
Why we flagged it
This is a standard Senate resolution designating a national observance day and month. It contains no legislative mechanism, appropriations, or regulatory change—only a symbolic designation and a call to public awareness and action.
Who it affects
The resolution promotes awareness of a genuine public need—permanent families for foster children—and encourages civic participation in adoption without imposing costs or restrictions on ordinary people. It aligns public attention with child welfare.
Named in the bill
Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Senate
Where it stands
31 cosponsors: 21 Republicans, 10 Democrats.
- Nov 20, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Nov 20, 2025 — Passed the Senate · Congress.gov: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a…”
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How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 5, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
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