Senate names November 22 as National Adoption Day.
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
The Senate set November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day. It also named all of November 2025 as National Adoption Month. The resolution asks people to think about taking in children. It asks people to help kids in foster care find homes.
Who it affects
Children waiting for homes in foster care are affected. People thinking about taking in children are affected. The whole country is asked to pay notice.
One thing to notice
The resolution does not give money or make new rules. It only asks people to think about taking in children and help kids find homes.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
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…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- resolution — A formal statement by Congress about something important.
- foster care — When children live with families other than their birth parents while waiting for a home.
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 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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