{"format":1,"id":"118-hres-915","congress":118,"number":"H.Res. 915","kind":"simple_resolution","group":"bills","title":"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.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"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.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"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."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"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."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-12-06","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-11-21","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h478","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree","title":"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","result":"Passed","yea":372,"nay":6,"present":0,"not_voting":54,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll478.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","date":"2024-11-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2023-12-06","stage":"Introduced in House","blocks":[{"k":"p","t":"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:"},{"k":"li","t":"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;","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"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","d":1},{"k":"li","t":"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.","d":1}],"words":111},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Urges the Government of Ukraine to review and modify its suspension of adoptions and preadoptive placements of Ukrainian children by United States citizens, and recommends particular categories of cases for resumption.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/915/text/eh#H541693BB6E354AA1A8297CAF8462C0B7"}]},"core_areas":["Intercountry adoption of Ukrainian children by United States citizens","Preadoptive placement of Ukrainian children who took part in hosting programs"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Urges the Government of Ukraine to review and modify its decision to suspend adoptions and preadoptive placements of Ukrainian children by United States citizens, and to resume them in cases where both governments' concerns for the best interests of the child can be substantially addressed.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/915/text/eh#H541693BB6E354AA1A8297CAF8462C0B7"}},{"text":"Recommends as particularly urgent the cases in which prospective United States parents had completed the process under Ukrainian domestic law and had their dossiers vetted and approved before the suspension on March 13, 2022.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/915/text/eh#H541693BB6E354AA1A8297CAF8462C0B7"}},{"text":"Recommends that, for children who took part in hosting programs and were placed with families in the United States and whom the Ukrainian Government has determined to be legally adoptable, the United States parents be permitted to start the adoption process and receive preadoptive placement during the Ukrainian domestic adoption process.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/915/text/eh#H541693BB6E354AA1A8297CAF8462C0B7"}},{"text":"Recommends that, for hosted children whose legal adoptability is uncertain, United States parents be permitted to apply to receive them in preadoptive placements until the Ukrainian Government establishes their adoptability or locates or identifies their biological parents.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/915/text/eh#H541693BB6E354AA1A8297CAF8462C0B7"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-11-21","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/915/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/915","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/915/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hres-915.png","v":"d6a54f66d19a","alt":"Votes on Record. H.Res. 915, 118th Congress: 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. House: 372 Yea, 6 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 21 Nov 2024."}}