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House vote: H.Res. 915 // November 21, 2024Needed two-thirds to agree

H.Res. 915

Sponsor: CHRISTOPHER SMITH (R-NJ)

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: 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; 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 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.

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Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

372 votes, representing 227,681,814 people85.4%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

6 votes, representing 3,759,853 people1.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 13.2% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon37285.4%
NayLost61.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken013.2%