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President Bush signs into law FY04 HHS funding legislation

On January 23, 2004, Present Bush signed into law FY04 appropriation legislation that provides funding to the Department of Health and Human Services. Included in the legislation is $405 million for the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program (PSSF). This represents a $100-million increase from the previous fiscal year, but is one half of President Bush's proposed $200-million increase. PSSF benefits adoption by allocating funding that is available to the states to fund adoption promotion and support services. Read the legislation by clicking on http://thomas.loc.gov and entering PL 108-199.