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H. Rept. 118-385 1 (2024-02-13)

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                    118TH CONGRESS                                       REPORT
                       2d Session    HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES          118-385







                             FIND   AND  PROTECT FOSTER YOUTH ACT




                    FEBRUARY 13, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                     of the Union and ordered to be printed




                     Mr. SMITH  of Missouri, from the Committee on Ways  and Means,
                                        submitted  the following


                                            R  E  P  O  R  T

                                          [To accompany H.R. 2426]

                             [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee   on Ways  and Means,  to whom   was referred the
                    bill (H.R. 2426) to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security
                    Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to iden-
                    tify obstacles to identifying and responding to reports of children
                    missing from foster care and other vulnerable foster youth, to pro-
                    vide technical assistance relating to the removal of such obstacles,
                    and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
                    ably thereon with an amendment   and recommends   that the bill as
                    amended  do pass.

                                                CONTENTS
                                                                                  Page
                      I. SUMMARY  AND BACKGROUND   .............................................................  4
                            A. Purpose and Summary ..................................................................... 4
                            B. Background and Need for Legislation ............................................. 4
                            C. Legislative History ........................................................................... 5
                            D. Designated Hearing ......................................................................... 6
                     II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ...................................................................  6
                     III. VOTE OF THE COMM ITTEE ......................................................................  7
                     IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE  BILL ...........................................................  8
                            A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects .....................................  8
                            B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
                               tures Budget Authority  .................................................................  8
                      V. COST ESTIMATE PREPARED  BY THE  CONGRESSIONAL   BUDGET
                          O F F IC E  .......................................................................................................  8
                     VI. OTHER MATTERS   TO BE  DISCUSSED  UNDER  THE  RULES  OF
                          THE HOUSE  .............................................................................................. 9
                            A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations .................  9
                            B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .............  9
                            C. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates ................................  9
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