Zach is fighting in Congress to simplify the adoption process and ensure every child finds their forever home.
Simplify the adoption process and ensure every child finds a forever home.
Occurrences
Now, I’m fighting in Washington to make it easier for every child to find their forever home.
Evidence
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"Now, I’m fighting in Washington to make it easier for every child to find their forever home." The campaign post also says he was working to make adoption more accessible for Iowa families and cites his introduction of legislation to expand the adoption tax credit.
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Zachary Nunn as sponsor and shows the bill was introduced on 04/06/2023 and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means; the tracker shows status "Introduced."
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Zachary Nunn as sponsor and shows the bill was introduced on 04/09/2024 and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means; the tracker shows status "Introduced."
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Zachary Nunn as sponsor and shows the bill was introduced on 08/06/2024, later referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare on 12/17/2024, and its tracker still shows status "Introduced."
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Nunn wrote, "Every child deserves a forever home" and said his new bipartisan Fight for Families Act would make the adoption tax credit refundable to help families adopt; this was a legislative proposal, not evidence of enactment.
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Congress.gov shows H.R.1 became Public Law No. 119-21 on 07/04/2025. The CRS summary says Section 70402 makes up to $5,000 of the adoption tax credit refundable and adjusts that amount for inflation after 2025.
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The IRS says the One, Big, Beautiful Bill made two principal adoption-credit changes: making the adoption tax credit refundable up to $5,000, indexed for inflation, and recognizing Indian tribal governments for special-needs determinations. These changes apply to tax years beginning after 2024.
Assessments
Nunn publicly promised to make adoption easier and help children find permanent homes, and he sponsored adoption-related bills including refundable adoption-credit proposals. A narrower federal outcome was enacted during his House service: Public Law 119-21 made up to $5,000 of the adoption tax credit refundable and added tribal-government recognition for special-needs determinations, effective for tax years after 2024. That materially improves adoption affordability and aligns with part of the promise, but it does not broadly simplify the adoption process or ensure every child finds a permanent home; several of Nunn's own broader adoption and foster-care bills stalled. This supports partial delivery in the same federal term, with credit for effort.
Nunn made a clear adoption-accessibility promise and introduced multiple related bills, including proposals to expand or make refundable adoption tax credits and support foster youth or sibling adoptions. However, the cited bills remained at the introduced or referred stage and there is no evidence that the promised simplification of the adoption process or a completed policy ensuring every child finds a forever home was enacted. This qualifies as a serious legislative effort without delivery.