Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) States should develop and adopt a model Act (and interstate recognition and enforcement procedures) providing grandparents with adequate rights to petition in State courts for privileges to visit their grandchildren after a dissolution of the parents' marriage; (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect and the Administration on Aging, should provide technical assistance to States in developing guidelines which help determine the "best interest of the child" in such cases and which take into account the ability of grandparents to help satisfy such child's need for continuity of care.
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Select Education.
Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported.
Reported to House by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 99-52 (Part I).
Reported to House by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 99-52 (Part I).
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Thurmond without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 988.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
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