[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 513 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 513

 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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 20, 2025

 Mr. Cramer (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Barrasso, Mrs. Blackburn, 
  Mr. Boozman, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Husted, 
 Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Risch, Ms. 
Rosen, Ms. Smith, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. 
   Britt, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. 
    Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Young) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               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.

Whereas there are millions of unparented children in the world, including 
        328,947 children in the foster care system in the United States, 
        approximately 70,421 of whom have a permanency plan of adoption as of 
        September 30, 2024, according to the Children's Bureau of the 
        Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and 
        Human Services;
Whereas many waiting children wait nearly 3 years in foster care before 
        adoption;
Whereas, for many unparented children, the wait for a loving family, in which 
        the children are nurtured, comforted, and protected, seems endless;
Whereas, in 2023, 15,590 children were at risk of aging out of foster care by 
        reaching adulthood without being placed in a permanent home;
Whereas, every day, loving and nurturing families are strengthened and expanded 
        when committed and dedicated individuals make an important difference in 
        the life of a child through adoption;
Whereas, while 1 in 3 adults in the United States have considered adoption, a 
        majority of individuals in the United States have misperceptions about 
        the process of adopting children from foster care and the children who 
        are eligible for adoption;
Whereas family reunification, kinship care, and domestic and intercountry 
        adoption promote greater permanency and stability for children;
Whereas the Children's Bureau, an office of the Administration for Children and 
        Families within the Department of Health and Human Services, supports 
        programs, research, and monitoring to help eliminate barriers to 
        adoption and find permanent families for children;
Whereas National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to find permanent, 
        loving families for children in the foster care system;
Whereas, since the first National Adoption Day in 2000, more than 85,000 
        children have joined permanent families on National Adoption Day;
Whereas the President traditionally issues an annual proclamation to declare the 
        month of November as National Adoption Month, and the President has 
        proclaimed November 2025 as National Adoption Month; and
Whereas the Saturday before Thanksgiving has been recognized as National 
        Adoption Day since at least 2000, and in 2025, the Saturday before 
        Thanksgiving is November 22: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates November 22, 2025, as National Adoption Day 
        and November 2025 as National Adoption Month;
            (2) recognizes that every child should have a permanent and 
        loving family; and
            (3) encourages the people of the United States to consider 
        adoption during the month of November and throughout the year.
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