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PART 20—GUIDES FOR THE REBUILT, 

RECONDITIONED, AND OTHER USED 

AUTOMOBILE PARTS INDUSTRY 

Sec. 

20.0 Scope and purpose of the guides. 

20.1 Deception generally. 

20.2 Deception as to identity of a rebuilder, 

remanufacturer, reconditioner, reliner, or 

other reworker. 

20.3 Misrepresentation of the terms 

‘‘rebuilt,’’ ‘‘factory rebuilt,’’ 

‘‘remanufactured,’’ etc. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 41–58. 

§ 20.0 Scope and purpose of the guides. 

(a) The Guides in this part apply to 

the manufacture, sale, distribution, 

marketing and advertising (including 

advertising in electronic format, such as 

on the Internet) of parts that are not 

new, and assemblies containing such 

parts, that were designed for use in 

automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, 

tractors, or similar self-propelled 

vehicles, regardless of whether such 

parts or assemblies have been cleaned, 

repaired, reconstructed, or reworked in 

any other way (industry product or 

product). Industry products include, but 

are not limited to, airbags, alternators 

and generators, anti-lock brake systems, 

brake cylinders, carburetors, catalytic 

converters, differentials, engines, fuel 

injectors, hybrid drive systems and 

hybrid batteries, navigation and audio 

systems, power steering pumps, power 

window motors, rack and pinion units, 

starters, steering gears, superchargers 

and turbochargers, tires, transmissions 

and transaxles, and water pumps. 

(b) These guides set forth the Federal 

Trade Commission’s current views 

about the manufacture, sale, 

distribution, and advertising of industry 

products. The guides help businesses 

avoid making claims that are unfair or 

deceptive under Section 5 of the FTC 

Act, 15 U.S.C. 45. They do not confer 

any rights on any person and do not 

operate to bind the FTC or the public. 

The Commission, however, can take 

action under the FTC Act if a business 

makes a claim inconsistent with the 

guides. In any such enforcement action, 

the Commission must prove that the 

challenged act or practice is unfair or 

deceptive in violation of Section 5 of the 

FTC Act. 

§ 20.1 Deception generally. 

(a) It is unfair or deceptive to 

represent, directly or by implication, 

that any industry product is new or 

unused when such is not the fact, or to 

misrepresent the current condition, or 

extent of previous use, reconstruction, 

or repair of any industry product. 

(b) It is unfair or deceptive to offer for 

sale or sell any industry product 

without disclosing, clearly and 

conspicuously, in advertising, in 

promotional literature, on invoices, and 

on the product’s packaging that the item 

is an industry product. Additionally, it 

is unfair or deceptive to offer for sale or 

to sell any industry product that appears 

new or unused without disclosing on 

the product itself that it is an industry 

product, using appropriate descriptive 

terms with sufficient permanency to 

remain visible for a reasonable time 

after installation. Examples of 

appropriate descriptive terms include, 

but are not limited to ‘‘Used,’’ 

‘‘Secondhand,’’ ‘‘Repaired,’’ ‘‘Relined,’’ 

‘‘Reconditioned,’’ ‘‘Rebuilt,’’ or 

‘‘Remanufactured.’’ If the term 

‘‘recycled’’ is used, it should be used in 

a manner consistent with the 

requirements for that term set forth in 

the Guides for the Use of Environmental 

Marketing Claims, 16 CFR 260.7(e). On 

invoices to the trade only, the disclosure 

may be by use of any number, mark, or 

other symbol that is clearly understood 

by industry members as meaning that 

the part so marked on the invoices is not 

new. 

(c) It is unfair or deceptive to place 

any means or instrumentality in the 

hands of others so that they may 

mislead consumers as to the previous 

use of industry products. 

§ 20.2 Deception as to the identity of a 

rebuilder, remanufacturer, reconditioner, 

reliner, or other reworker. 

(a) It is unfair or deceptive to 

misrepresent the identity of the 

rebuilder, remanufacturer, 

reconditioner, reliner or other reworker 

of an industry product. 

(b) If the identity of the original 

manufacturer of an industry product, or 

the identity of the manufacturer for 

which the product was originally made, 

is revealed and the product was rebuilt, 

remanufactured, reconditioned, relined, 

or otherwise reworked by someone else, 

it is unfair or deceptive to fail to 

disclose such fact wherever the original 

manufacturer is identified in advertising 

or promotional literature concerning the 

industry product, on the container in 

which the product is packed, and on the 

product itself, in close conjunction 

with, and of the same permanency and 

conspicuousness as, the disclosure that 

the product is not new. Examples of 

such disclosures include: 

(1) Disclosure of the identity of the 

rebuilder: ‘‘Rebuilt by John Doe Co.’’ 

(2) Disclosure that the industry 

product was rebuilt by an independent 

rebuilder: ‘‘Rebuilt by an Independent 

Rebuilder.’’ 

(3) Disclosure that the industry 

product was rebuilt by someone other 

than the manufacturer identified: 

‘‘Rebuilt by other than XYZ Motors.’’ 

(4) Disclosure that the industry 

product was rebuilt for the identified 

manufacturer: ‘‘Rebuilt for XYZ 

Motors.’’ 

§ 20.3 Misrepresentation of the terms 

‘‘rebuilt,’’ ‘‘factory rebuilt,’’ 

‘‘remanufactured,’’ etc. 

(a) It is unfair or deceptive to use the 

word ‘‘Rebuilt,’’ or any word of similar 

import, to describe an industry product 

which, since it was last subjected to any 

use, has not been dismantled and 

reconstructed as necessary, all of its 

internal and external parts cleaned and 

made rust and corrosion free, all 

impaired, defective or substantially 

worn parts restored to a sound 

condition or replaced with new, rebuilt 

(in accord with the provisions of this 

paragraph) or unimpaired used parts, all 

missing parts replaced with new, rebuilt 

or unimpaired used parts, and such 

rewinding or machining and other 

operations performed as are necessary to 

put the industry product in sound 

working condition. 

(b) It is unfair or deceptive to 

represent an industry product as 

‘‘Remanufactured’’ or ‘‘Factory Rebuilt’’ 

unless the product was rebuilt as 

described in paragraph (a) of this 

section at a factory generally engaged in 

the rebuilding of such products. 

By direction of the Commission. 

Donald S. Clark, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16339 Filed 7–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6750–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

22 CFR Part 96 

[Public Notice 8792] 

RIN 1400–AD45 

Adoptions: Regulatory Change To 

Clarify the Application of the 

Accreditation Requirement and 

Standards in Cases Covered by the 

Intercountry Adoption Universal 

Accreditation Act 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Interim final rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This rule amends the 

Department of State (Department) rule 

on the accreditation and approval of 

adoption service providers in 

intercountry adoptions. The revisions 

reflect the requirement of the 

Intercountry Adoption Universal 

Accreditation Act of 2012 (UAA) that 

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the accreditation standards developed 

in accordance with the 1993 Hague 

Convention on Protection of Children 

and Co-operation in Respect of 

Intercountry Adoption (Convention) and 

the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 

(IAA), which previously only applied in 

Convention adoption cases, apply also 

in non-Convention adoption cases. Nonconvention adoption cases are known as 

‘‘orphan’’ cases, defined in the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). 

This rule also revises the accreditation 

rule by referring to the Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) Convention 

home study regulation and deleting 

obsolete references, such as any 

reference to temporary accreditation. 

DATES: The effective date of this interim 

final rule is July 14, 2014. The 

Department will accept comments on 

the proposed regulation up to 

September 12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES:

• Internet: You may view this interim 

final rule and submit your comments by 

visiting the Regulations.gov Web site at 

www.regulations.gov, and searching for 

docket number DOS–2014–0015. 

• Mail or Delivery: You may send 

your paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions to the following address: 

Comments on Proposed Rule 22 CFR 

Part 96, Office of Legal Affairs, Overseas 

Citizen Services, U.S. Department of 

State, CA/OCS/L, SA–17, Floor 10, 

Washington, DC 20522–1710. 

• All comments should include the 

commenter’s name and the organization 

the commenter represents (if 

applicable). If the Department is unable 

to read your comment for any reason, 

the Department might not be able to 

consider your comment. Please be 

advised that all comments will be 

considered public comments and might 

be viewed by other commenters; 

therefore, do not include any 

information you would not wish to be 

made public. After the conclusion of the 

comment period, the Department will 

publish a final rule (in which it will 

address relevant comments) as 

expeditiously as possible. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of Legal Affairs, Overseas Citizen 

Services, U.S. Department of State, CA/ 

OCS/L, SA–17, Floor 10, Washington, 

DC 20522–1710; (202) 485–6079. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Why is the Department promulgating 

this rule? 

This rule clarifies that under the 

Intercountry Adoption Universal 

Accreditation Act of 2012 (UAA), signed 

into law January 14, 2013, and effective 

July 14, 2014, the accreditation 

requirement and standards found in 22 

CFR part 96 apply to any person 

(including non-profit agencies, for-profit 

agencies and individuals but excluding 

government agencies and tribal 

authorities), providing adoption services 

on behalf of prospective adoptive 

parents in an ‘‘orphan’’ intercountry 

adoption case described under section 

101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and 

Nationality Act. Specifically, under 

Section 2 of the UAA ‘‘[t]he provisions 

of title II and section 404 of the 

Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 

U.S.C. 14901 et seq.), and related 

implementing regulations, shall apply to 

any person offering or providing 

adoption services in connection with a 

child described in section 101(b)(1)(F) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)), to the same 

extent as they apply to the offering or 

provision of adoption services in 

connection with a Convention 

adoption.’’ 

Title II of the Intercountry Adoption 

Act of 2000 (IAA) (Public Law 106–279) 

requires that any person providing 

adoption services in a Convention case 

be an accredited, approved, or an 

exempted adoption service provider, 

and section 404 imposes civil and 

criminal penalties for violations of the 

Act. On February 15, 2006 the 

Department of State published 

implementing regulations at 71 FR 8064, 

on the accreditation and approval of 

agencies and persons in accordance 

with the Convention and the IAA. The 

UAA extends that rule from Convention 

cases to ‘‘orphan’’ cases. This regulatory 

change includes a number of technical 

edits to facilitate interpretation of the 

regulatory requirements and clarify 

designated accrediting entities’ 

authority under the UAA and the IAA. 

The Department is amending the 

regulation to make 22 CFR part 96, as 

affected by the UAA, easier to read. This 

rule will aid the accrediting entity 

applying the standards and adoption 

service providers required to comply 

with the standards. In particular, this 

rule adds references to the UAA where 

the IAA is referenced; adds a sentence 

concerning the UAA effective date; 

redefines ‘‘Central Authority’’ to include 

competent authorities, thereby 

clarifying how the term applies in 

countries that are not party to the 

Convention; redefines adoption records 

to include non-Convention case records 

and changes Section 96.25(b) 

concerning accrediting entity access to 

non-Convention records in cases subject 

to the UAA; defines the terms INA, IAA, 

and intercountry adoption; refers to 

‘‘accreditation and approval’’ instead of 

to ‘‘Convention accreditation and 

approval;’’ revises Section 96.46(a)(4) to 

clarify that foreign supervised providers 

in non-Convention countries may not 

have a pattern of licensing suspensions 

relating to key Convention principles; 

and revises references to ‘‘Convention 

adoption,’’ ‘‘cases subject to the 

Convention,’’ ‘‘Convention case,’’ 

‘‘Convention country,’’ and 

‘‘Convention-related activity’’ to ensure 

that such references include nonConvention adoptions, activities, 

countries, and cases under the UAA. 

Additionally, this rule corrects the 

references in 22 CFR 96.37(f)(2), and 

96.47(a)(4) and (b), to refer to the correct 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS) definition of home study preparer 

and home study requirements. When 

the original rule was issued in 2006, 

DHS had not yet published its final rule 

concerning home studies in Convention 

cases. Thus, the 2006 State Department 

rule referred to the ‘‘orphan’’ home 

study requirements under 8 CFR 

204.3(b) and (e), instead of the 

Convention home study requirements 

found in 8 CFR 204.301 and 311. This 

rule references the correct DHS 

regulation. The change clarifies that the 

home study must be prepared by an 

accredited agency, approved person, 

exempted provider, or a supervised 

provider. In addition, when the home 

study is not performed in the first 

instance by an accredited agency, then 

an accredited agency must review and 

approve it. The orphan and Convention 

home study requirements also differ 

concerning the required elements, 

applicable definitions, and the duty to 

disclose. The Department anticipates 

that DHS will publish specific guidance 

on how the Convention home study 

requirements will apply in orphan 

cases. 

Finally, the rule amends 22 CFR Part 

96 to delete obsolete provisions, 

including any references to temporary 

accreditation, deleting subpart N in its 

entirety. Under the IAA, temporary 

accreditation was only possible for a 

one- or two-year period following the 

entry into force of the Convention. 

Because the Convention entered into 

force for the United States on April 1, 

2008, more than two years ago, 

temporary accreditation is no longer 

possible. The rule also deletes the 

section on ‘‘special provisions for 

agencies and persons seeking to be 

accredited or approved as of the time 

the Convention enters into force for the 

United States’’ and a reference to that 

section. Further, the rule revises 

requirements concerning ‘‘notification 

of accreditation and approval decisions’’ 

and ‘‘length of accreditation or approval 

period,’’ deleting provisions that 

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applied only during the transitional 

period to the Convention entering into 

force and clarifying that for purposes of 

the notification requirement the phrase 

‘‘accreditation or approval decisions’’ 

refers to whether an application is 

granted or denied. 

Cases that are grandfathered under 

Section 2(c) of the UAA are not affected 

by this rule. See the Department’s 

adoption Web site and the DHS/USCIS 

Web site for information on this 

grandfathering provision. 

The Department invites comment on 

the edits to 22 CFR Part 96 described 

above. 

Regulatory Analysis 

Administrative Procedure Act 

The Department is publishing this 

rule as an interim final rule based on its 

determination for good cause that 

delaying the effect of this rule during 

the period of public comment would be 

impractical, unnecessary and contrary 

to public interest under Section 553 of 

the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA), 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). Publishing 

the revision now will allow the rule to 

be in effect on the date the UAA goes 

into effect. This will aid the accrediting 

entity in its accreditation and oversight 

function and avoid confusion among 

adoption service providers and other 

members of the public about how the 

accreditation standards apply in 

‘‘orphan’’ intercountry adoption cases. 

The Department will accept 

comments from the public for 60 days 

after publication. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act/Executive 

Order 13272: Small Business 

Consistent with section 605(b) of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

605(b)), the Department certifies that 

this rule will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The rule 

clarifies the requirements imposed by 

the UAA and IAA on adoption service 

providers providing services in 

‘‘orphan’’ intercountry adoption cases 

described under section 101(b)(1)(F). 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

Section 202 of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 

104–4, 109 Stat. 48, codified at 2 U.S.C. 

1532) generally requires agencies to 

prepare a statement before proposing 

any rule that may result in an annual 

expenditure of $100 million or more by 

State, local, or tribal governments, or by 

the private sector. This rule will not 

result in any such expenditure, nor will 

it significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments or the private sector. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 

This rule is not a major rule as 

defined by 5 U.S.C. 804, for purposes of 

congressional review of agency 

rulemaking under the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996 (Pub. L. 104–121). This rule will 

not result in an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more; a 

major increase in costs or prices; or 

adverse effects on competition, 

employment, investment, productivity, 

innovation, or the ability of United 

States-based companies to compete with 

foreign-based companies in domestic 

and import markets. 

Executive Order 12866 

The Department of State has reviewed 

this proposed rule to ensure its 

consistency with the regulatory 

philosophy and principles set forth in 

Executive Order 12866, and has 

determined that the benefits of this final 

regulation justify its costs. The 

Department does not consider this 

rulemaking to be an economically 

significant action within the scope of 

section 3(f)(1) of the Executive Order. 

The rule does not add any new legal 

requirements to Part 96 but reflects the 

changes affected by the UAA to apply 

these accreditation standards in orphan 

cases. The UAA and this rule benefit 

prospective adoptive parents, children, 

and birth families involved in the 

intercountry adoption process by 

ensuring that adoption service providers 

providing services in orphan cases are 

subject to the same accreditation 

standards and ongoing oversight and 

monitoring that apply in Convention 

cases. 

Concerning the cost of the UAA, the 

Report from the Congressional Budget 

Office (CBO) on October 17, 2012, notes 

that the UAA imposes ‘‘a private sector 

mandate by requiring all providers of 

placement services for intercountry 

adoptions to be compliant with the 

accreditation standards of the Hague 

Convention.’’ The report notes, further, 

that ‘‘[t]he initial fees for obtaining 

accreditation can range between $10,000 

and $16,000 depending on the size and 

annual revenue of the entity seeking 

accreditation. Annual fees to maintain 

accreditation are less than $1,000 on 

average, but are also subject to change 

based on the revenue of the entity. The 

cost of liability insurance for adoption 

agencies varies from state to state and 

can range between $10,000 and $50,000 

per year.’’ Overall, CBO concluded: 

‘‘Based on information gathered from 

industry professionals, the Department 

of Health and Human Services, and an 

accreditation agency, the number of 

entities that would be affected is 

relatively small. Therefore, CBO 

estimates that the aggregate cost of the 

mandate to the private sector would fall 

below the annual threshold established 

in UMRA ($146 million in 2012, 

adjusted annually for inflation).’’ 

The Council on Accreditation (COA), 

the accrediting entity designated by the 

Department, reports that approximately 

forty new agencies have applied for 

accreditation since the UAA became law 

in January of 2013. This number is 

much fewer than COA had anticipated. 

Executive Orders 12372 and 13132: 

Federalism 

This regulation will not have 

substantial direct effects on the States, 

on the relationship between the national 

government and the States, or the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Nor will the rule 

have federalism implications warranting 

the application of Executive Orders 

12372 and No. 13132. 

Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice 

Reform 

The Department has reviewed the 

regulations in light of Executive Order 

No. 12988 to eliminate ambiguity, 

minimize litigation, establish clear legal 

standards, and reduce burden. 

Executive Order 13563: Improving 

Regulation and Regulatory Review 

The Department has considered this 

rule in light of Executive Order 13563, 

dated January 18, 2011, and affirms that 

this regulation is consistent with the 

guidance therein. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

This rule does not impose information 

collection requirements subject to the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 96 

Adoption, child welfare, children 

immigration, foreign persons. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Department of State 

amends 22 CFR part 96 as follows: 

PART 96—INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION 

ACCREDITATION OF AGENCIES AND 

APPROVAL OF PERSONS 

■ 1. Revise the authority citation for part 

96 to read as follows: 

Authority: The Convention on Protection 

of Children and Co-operation in Respect of 

Intercountry Adoption (done at the Hague, 

May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105–51 (1998), 

1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); 

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The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000, 42 

U.S.C. 14901–14954; The Intercountry 

Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 

2012, Pub. L. 112–276, 42 U.S.C. 14925. 

■ 2. Revise the heading for part 96 to 

read as set forth above. 

■ 3. Revise § 96.1 to read as follows: 

§ 96.1 Purpose. 

This part provides for the 

accreditation and approval of agencies 

and persons pursuant to the 

Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 

U.S.C. 14901–14954, Pub. L. 106–279,) 

and the Intercountry Adoption 

Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 (42 

U.S.C. 14925, Pub. L. 112–276). Subpart 

B of this part establishes the procedures 

for the selection and designation of 

accrediting entities to perform the 

accreditation and approval functions. 

Subparts C through H establish the 

general procedures and standards for 

accreditation and approval of agencies 

and persons (including renewal of 

accreditation or approval). Subparts I 

through M address the oversight of 

accredited or approved agencies and 

persons. 

■ 4. Amend § 96.2 as follows: 

■ a. Revise the definitions ‘‘Accredited 

agency’’, ‘‘Accrediting entity’’, 

‘‘Adoption record’’, ‘‘Approved home 

study’’, ‘‘Approved person’’, ‘‘Central 

Authority’’; 

■ b. Remove the definition of ‘‘Central 

Authority function’’; 

■ c. Revise the definitions of ‘‘Child 

welfare services’’ and ‘‘Exempted 

provider’’; 

■ d. Add the definitions of ‘‘INA’’ and 

‘‘Intercountry adoption,’’ 

■ e. Revise the definitions of ‘‘Legal 

services’’, ‘‘Post-adoption’’, ‘‘Primary 

provider’’, ‘‘Public foreign authority’’, 

‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘Supervised 

provider’’; 

■ f. Remove the definition of 

‘‘Temporarily accredited agency’’; and 

■ g. Add the definition of ‘‘UAA’’. 

The revisions and additions read as 

follows: 

§ 96.2 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Accredited agency means an agency 

that has been accredited by an 

accrediting entity, in accordance with 

the standards in subpart F of this part, 

to provide adoption services in the 

United States in intercountry adoption 

cases. 

Accrediting entity means an entity 

that has been designated by the 

Secretary to accredit agencies and/or to 

approve persons for purposes of 

providing adoption services in the 

United States in intercountry adoption 

cases. 

* * * * * 

Adoption record means any record, 

information, or item related to a specific 

intercountry adoption of a child 

received or maintained by an agency, 

person, or public domestic authority, 

including, but not limited to, 

photographs, videos, correspondence, 

personal effects, medical and social 

information, and any other information 

about the child. 

* * * * * 

Approved home study means a review 

of the home environment of the child’s 

prospective adoptive parent(s) that has 

been: 

(1) Completed by an accredited 

agency; or 

(2) Approved by an accredited agency. 

Approved person means a person that 

has been approved, in accordance with 

the standards in subpart F of this part, 

by an accrediting entity to provide 

adoption services in the United States in 

intercountry adoption cases. 

* * * * * 

Central Authority means the entity 

designated as such under Article 6(1) of 

the Convention by any Convention 

country, or, in the case of the United 

States, the United States Department of 

State. In countries that are not 

Convention countries, Central Authority 

means the relevant ‘‘competent 

authority’’ as defined in this section. 

* * * * * 

Child welfare services means services, 

other than those defined as ‘‘adoption 

services’’ in this section, that are 

designed to promote and protect the 

well-being of a family or child. Such 

services include, but are not limited to, 

recruiting and identifying adoptive 

parent(s) in cases of disruption (but not 

assuming custody of the child), 

arranging or providing temporary foster 

care for a child in connection with an 

intercountry adoption or providing 

educational, social, cultural, medical, 

psychological assessment, mental 

health, or other health-related services 

for a child or family in an intercountry 

adoption case. 

* * * * * 

Exempted provider means a social 

work professional or organization that 

performs a home study on prospective 

adoptive parent(s) or a child background 

study (or both) in the United States in 

connection with an intercountry 

adoption (including any reports or 

updates), but that is not currently 

providing and has not previously 

provided any other adoption service in 

the case. 

* * * * * 

INA means the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), 

as amended. 

Intercountry adoption means a 

Convention adoption or the adoption of 

a child described in INA section 

101(b)(1)(F). 

* * * * * 

Legal services means services, other 

than those defined in this section as 

‘‘adoption services,’’ that relate to the 

provision of legal advice and 

information and to the drafting of legal 

instruments. Such services include, but 

are not limited to, drawing up contracts, 

powers of attorney, and other legal 

instruments; providing advice and 

counsel to adoptive parent(s) on 

completing DHS or Central Authority 

forms; and providing advice and 

counsel to accredited agencies, 

approved persons, or prospective 

adoptive parent(s) on how to comply 

with the Convention, the IAA, the UAA, 

and the regulations implementing the 

IAA or UAA. 

* * * * * 

Post-adoption means after an 

adoption; in cases in which an adoption 

occurs in a foreign country and is 

followed by a re-adoption in the United 

States, it means after the adoption in the 

foreign country. 

* * * * * 

Primary provider means the 

accredited agency or approved person 

that is identified pursuant to § 96.14 as 

responsible for ensuring that all six 

adoption services are provided and for 

supervising and being responsible for 

supervised providers where used. 

* * * * * 

Public foreign authority means an 

authority operated by a national or 

subnational government of a foreign 

country. 

Secretary means the Secretary of 

State, the Assistant Secretary of State for 

Consular Affairs, or any other 

Department of State official exercising 

the Secretary of State’s authority under 

the Convention, the IAA, the UAA, or 

any regulations implementing the IAA 

or UAA, pursuant to a delegation of 

authority. 

* * * * * 

Supervised provider means any 

agency, person, or other nongovernmental entity, including any 

foreign entity, regardless of whether it is 

called a facilitator, agent, attorney, or by 

any other name, that is providing one or 

more adoption services in an 

intercountry adoption case under the 

supervision and responsibility of an 

accredited agency or approved person 

that is acting as the primary provider in 

the case. 

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UAA means the Intercountry 

Adoption Universal Accreditation Act 

of 2012, (42 U.S.C. 14925, Pub. L. 112– 

276 (2012)). 

§ 96.4 [Amended] 

■ 5. Amend § 96.4 by removing the 

parenthetical phrase ‘‘(including 

temporary accreditation)’’ in paragraph 

(a) and removing the parenthetical 

phrase ‘‘(including temporarily 

accredit)’’ in paragraph (b). 

■ 6. Amend § 96.6 by revising 

paragraphs (c), (d), (g) and (j) to read as 

follows: 

§ 96.6 Performance criteria for designation 

as an accrediting entity. 

* * * * * 

(c) That it can monitor the 

performance of agencies it has 

accredited and persons it has approved 

(including their use of any supervised 

providers) to ensure their continued 

compliance with the Convention, the 

IAA, the UAA, and the regulations 

implementing the IAA or UAA; 

(d) That it has the capacity to take 

appropriate adverse actions against 

agencies it has accredited and persons it 

has approved; 

* * * * * 

(g) That it has the capacity to conduct 

its accreditation and approval functions 

fairly and impartially; 

* * * * * 

(j) That it prohibits its employees or 

other individuals acting as site 

evaluators, including, but not limited to, 

volunteer site evaluators, from 

becoming employees or supervised 

providers of an agency or person for at 

least one year after they have evaluated 

such agency or person for accreditation 

or approval. 

§ 96.7 [Amended] 

■ 7. Amend § 96.7 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the phrase ‘‘and/or 

temporary accreditation’’ in paragraph 

(a)(1); 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘, temporarily 

accredited agencies,’’ in paragraphs 

(a)(3), (a)(4) and (a)(7); 

■ c. Remove both iterations of the 

phrase ‘‘, temporarily accredited 

agency,’’ in paragraph (a)(5); 

■ d. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘intercountry 

adoption’’ in paragraph (a)(8); and 

■ e. Remove the phrase ‘‘the regulations 

implementing the IAA’’ and add in its 

place the phrase ‘‘the UAA, the 

regulations implementing the IAA or 

UAA’’ in paragraph (c). 

§ 96.8 [Amended] 

■ 8. Amend § 96.8 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘intercountry 

adoption’’ in paragraph (a)(1); 

■ b. Remove both iterations of the term 

‘‘Convention’’ in paragraph (b)(1); 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘full 

Convention’’ and ‘‘; and’’ and add a 

period at the end in paragraph (b)(2); 

and 

■ d. Remove paragraph (b)(3). 

§ 96.9 [Amended] 

■ 9. Amend § 96.9 by removing both 

iterations of the phrase ‘‘, temporary 

accreditation,’’ in paragraph (b) and 

removing the phrase ‘‘, temporarily 

accredited agencies,’’ in paragraph (c). 

§ 96.10 [Amended] 

■ 10. Amend § 96.10 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the phrase ‘‘the regulations 

implementing the IAA’’ and add in its 

place the phrase ‘‘the UAA, the 

regulations implementing the IAA or 

UAA’’ in paragraph (a); 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘or a 

temporarily accredited agency is 

substantially out of compliance with the 

standards in § 96.104’’ in paragraph 

(c)(1); 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘, temporarily 

accredited agencies,’’ in paragraph 

(c)(7). 

■ 11. Amend § 96.12 by revising 

paragraphs (a) introductory text, (a)(1), 

(a)(3), and (c) to read as follows: 

§ 96.12 Authorized adoption service 

providers. 

(a) Except as provided in section 

505(b) of the IAA (relating to 

transitional cases), and once the UAA 

becomes effective, except as provided in 

section 2(c) of the UAA (relating to 

transitional cases), an agency or person 

may not offer, provide, or facilitate the 

provision of any adoption service in the 

United States in connection with an 

intercountry adoption unless it is: 

(1) An accredited agency or an 

approved person; 

* * * * * 

(3) An exempted provider, if the 

exempted provider’s home study or 

child background study will be 

reviewed and approved by an accredited 

agency pursuant to § 96.47(c) or 

§ 96.53(b). 

* * * * * 

(c) Neither conferral nor maintenance 

of accreditation or approval, nor status 

as an exempted or supervised provider, 

nor status as a public domestic authority 

shall be construed to imply, warrant, or 

establish that, in any specific case, an 

adoption service has been provided 

consistently with the Convention, the 

IAA, the UAA, or the regulations 

implementing the IAA or UAA. 

Conferral and maintenance of 

accreditation or approval under this part 

establishes only that the accrediting 

entity has concluded, in accordance 

with the standards and procedures of 

this part, that the agency or person 

conducts adoption services in 

substantial compliance with the 

applicable standards set forth in this 

part; it is not a guarantee that in any 

specific case the accredited agency or 

approved person is providing adoption 

services consistently with the 

Convention, the IAA, the UAA, the 

regulations implementing the IAA or 

UAA, or any other applicable law, 

whether Federal, State, or foreign. 

Neither the Secretary nor any 

accrediting entity shall be responsible 

for any acts of an accredited agency, 

approved person, exempted provider, 

supervised provider, or other entity 

providing services in connection with 

an intercountry adoption. 

§ 96.13 [Amended] 

■ 12. Amend § 96.13 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the phrase ‘‘temporary 

accreditation,’’ and both iterations of the 

phrase ‘‘or temporarily accredited 

agency’’ in paragraph (a); 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘temporarily 

accredited,’’ in paragraphs (b), (c), and 

(d); 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘temporarily 

accredited, or’’ in paragraphs (b) and (c); 

■ d. Remove the phrase ‘‘a Convention’’ 

and add in its place the phrase ‘‘an 

intercountry’’ each of the four times it 

appears in paragraphs (b) and (c); and 

■ e. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘foreign’’ in 

two places in the first and second 

sentences of paragraph (d). 

§ 96.14 [Amended] 

■ 13. Amend § 96.14 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the phrases ‘‘, temporary 

accreditation’’, ‘‘, a temporarily 

accredited agency’’, ‘‘temporarily 

accredited agency’’ and all three 

iterations of the phrase ‘‘, temporarily 

accredited agency,’’ in paragraph (a); 

■ b. Remove the term ‘‘Convention 

case’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘intercountry adoption case’’ in 

paragraph (a); 

■ c. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘foreign’’ in 

paragraphs (a)(2) through (4), (c), (c)(2), 

and (e); 

■ d. Remove the phrase ‘‘, and 

§ 96.104(g), in the case of temporarily 

accredited agencies’’ in paragraph (b); 

■ e. Remove the phrase ‘‘, temporarily 

accredited agency,’’ in paragraphs (b)(1); 

■ f. Remove the phrase ‘‘or temporarily 

accredited agency’’ in paragraph (b)(2); 

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■ g. Remove the phrase ‘‘, and 

§ 96.104(g) of subpart N, in the case of 

temporarily accredited agencies’’ in 

paragraph (c). 

§ 96.15 [Amended] 

■ 14. Amend § 96.15 as follows: 

■ a. Remove both iterations of the term 

‘‘Convention’’ and add in its place the 

term ‘‘foreign’’ in Example 1; 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘temporarily 

accredited,’’ in each place it occurs in 

Examples 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 

12; 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘a Convention’’ 

and add in its place the phrase ‘‘an 

intercountry’’ in each place in Examples 

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; 

■ d. Remove the phrase ‘‘this 

Convention’’ and add in its place the 

phrase ‘‘this intercountry’’ in Example 

3; 

■ e. Remove the term ‘‘temporary 

accreditation,’’ in Examples 5, and 6; 

■ f. Remove the term ‘‘Convention 

country’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘foreign country’’ in Examples 7, 8, and 

11; 

■ g. Add the phrase ‘‘or the UAA’’ after 

‘‘requirements of the IAA’’ in Examples 

8 and 9. 

■ h. Remove the term ‘‘Convention 

Country’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘Foreign Country’’ in Examples 9 and 

12; 

■ i. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘intercountry’’ 

in Example 10; and 

■ j. Remove the phrase ‘‘is eventually 

disrupted’’ and add in its place the 

phrase ‘‘eventually disrupts’’ in 

Example 10. 

■ 15. Revise § 96.16 to read as follws: 

§ 96.16 Public domestic authorities. 

Public domestic authorities are not 

required to become accredited to be able 

to provide adoption services in 

intercountry adoption cases, but must 

comply with the Convention, the IAA, 

the UAA, and other applicable law 

when providing services in an 

intercountry adoption case. 

■ 16. Revise § 96.17 to read as follows: 

§ 96.17 Effective date of accreditation and 

approval requirements. 

The Convention entered into force for 

the United States on April 1, 2008. As 

of that date, the regulations in subpart 

C of this part govern Convention 

adoptions between the United States 

and Convention countries, and require 

agencies or persons providing adoption 

services on behalf of prospective 

adoptive parent(s) to comply with 

§ 96.12 and applicable Federal 

regulations. The Secretary maintains for 

the public a current listing of 

Convention countries. The effective date 

of the UAA is July 14, 2014. As of that 

date, consistent with the UAA, the 

regulations in subpart C of this part will 

govern adoptions of children described 

in INA § 101(b)(1)(F), and will require 

agencies or persons providing adoption 

services on behalf of prospective 

adoptive parent(s) in connection with a 

child described in section 101(b)(1)(F) 

to comply with § 96.12 and applicable 

Federal regulations. 

■ 17. Revise § 96.18 to read as follows: 

§ 96.18 Scope. 

(a) Agencies are eligible to apply for 

‘‘accreditation.’’ Persons are eligible to 

apply for ‘‘approval.’’ Applications for 

accreditation or approval will be 

processed in accordance with §§ 96.19 

and 96.20. 

(b) If an agency or person is 

reapplying for accreditation or approval 

following cancellation of its 

accreditation or approval by an 

accrediting entity or refusal by an 

accrediting entity to renew its 

accreditation or approval, it must 

comply with the procedures in § 96.78. 

(c) If an agency or person that has 

been accredited or approved is seeking 

renewal, it must comply with the 

procedures in § 96.63. 

§ 96.19 [Removed] 

■ 18. Remove § 96.19. 

§ 96.20 [Redesignated as § 96.19] 

■ 19. Redesignated § 96.20 as § 96.19. 

§ 96.19 [Amended] 

■ 20. In newly redesignated § 96.19, 

remove the second sentence in 

paragraph (a). 

§ 96.21 [Redesignated as § 96.20] 

■ 21. Redesignate § 96.21 as § 96.20. 

§ 96.21 [Reserved] 

■ 22. Add reserved § 96.21. 

■ 23. Revise § 96.23 to read as follows: 

§ 96.23 Scope. 

The provisions in this subpart govern 

the evaluation of agencies and persons 

for accreditation or approval. 

§ 96.25 [Amended] 

■ 24. Amend § 96.25 as follows: 

■ a. Add the phrase ‘‘and cases subject 

to the UAA’’ after the phrase 

‘‘Convention adoption case files’’ in 

paragraph (b); 

■ b. Add ‘‘other’’ before the term ‘‘nonConvention cases’’ in paragraph (b); 

■ c. Add the phrase ‘‘not subject to the 

UAA’’ before the phrase ‘‘prior to their 

inspection by the accrediting entity.’’ in 

paragraph (b); and 

■ d. Remove the phrase ‘‘, temporarily 

accredited agency,’’ in paragraph (c). 

§ 96.27 [Amended] 

■ 25. Amend § 96.27 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ in 

the last sentence of paragraph (c); 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘temporarily 

accredited’’ in paragraph (d); 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘and the IAA’’ 

and add in its place the phrase ‘‘, the 

IAA, and the UAA’’ in paragraphs (d) 

and (g); 

■ d. Remove the phrase ‘‘has had its 

temporary accreditation withdrawn,’’ in 

paragraph (e); and 

■ e. Remove the term ‘‘Convention 

cases’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘intercountry adoption cases’’ in 

paragraph (g). 

Subpart F—Standards for Intercountry 

Adoption Accreditation and Approval 

■ 26. Revise the Subpart F heading to 

read as set forth above. 

■ 27. Revise § 96.29 to read as follows: 

§ 96.29 Scope. 

The provisions in this subpart provide 

the standards for accrediting agencies 

and approving persons. 

§ 96.30 [Amended] 

■ 28. Amend § 96.30 by removing the 

term ‘‘Convention’’ and adding in its 

place the term ‘‘foreign’’ in paragraph 

(d). 

§ 96.31 [Amended] 

■ 29. Amend § 96.31 by adding 

‘‘qualifies’’ before the phrase ‘‘for 

nonprofit status’’ in paragraph (a). 

§ 96.33 [Amended] 

■ 30. Amend § 96.33 by removing both 

iterations of the term ‘‘Convention 

cases’’ and adding in their places the 

term ‘‘intercountry adoption cases’’ in 

paragraph (e) and removing the phrase 

‘‘Convention-related’’ and adding in its 

place the phrase ‘‘intercountry 

adoption-related’’ in paragraph (g). 

§ 96.37 [Amended] 

■ 31. Amend § 96.37 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the phrase ‘‘a Convention 

adoption’’ and add in its place the 

phrase ‘‘an intercountry adoption’’ in 

paragraph (a); 

■ b. Remove the term ‘‘INA’’ in 

paragraph (f)(2); and 

■ c. Remove the citation ‘‘8 CFR 

204.3(b)’’ and add in its place the 

citation ‘‘8 CFR 204.301’’ in paragraph 

(f)(2). 

§ 96.38 [Amended] 

■ 32. Amend § 96.38 as follows: 

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■ a. Remove the phrase ‘‘the regulations 

implementing the IAA’’ and add in its 

place the phrase ‘‘the UAA, the 

regulations implementing the IAA or 

UAA’’ in paragraph (a)(1); 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘adopted from 

a Convention country’’ and add in its 

place the phrase ‘‘described in INA 

101(b)(1)(F) and 101(b)(1)(G)’’ in 

paragraph (a)(2); 

■ c. Remove the term ‘‘Convention 

country’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘foreign country’’ in paragraph (a)(3); 

and 

■ d. Remove the phrase ‘‘and the IAA’’ 

and add in its place the phrase ‘‘, the 

IAA, and the UAA’’ in paragraph (d). 

§ 96.40 [Amended] 

■ 33. Amend § 96.40 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the term ‘‘a Convention 

adoption’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘an intercountry adoption’’ in 

paragraph (b); 

■ b. Remove the term ‘‘Convention 

country’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘country of origin’’ in paragraphs (b)(3), 

(5), and (6); 

■ c. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ 

before ‘‘court documents’’ in paragraph 

(b)(5); 

■ d. Remove the term ‘‘Convention 

countries’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘foreign countries’’ in paragraph (f); and 

■ e. Remove the term ‘‘Convention 

country’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘foreign country’’ in paragraphs (f), (g), 

and (g)(3). 

§ 96.41 [Amended] 

■ 34. Amend § 96.41 by removing the 

phrase ‘‘or the regulations implementing 

the IAA’’ and adding in its place the 

phrase ‘‘the UAA, or the regulations 

implementing the IAA or UAA’’ in 

paragraph (b). 

§ 96.42 [Amended] 

■ 35. Amend § 96.42 by removing the 

phrase ‘‘under the Convention’’ and 

adding in its place the phrase ‘‘in 

intercountry adoption cases’’ in 

paragraph (d). 

§ 96.43 [Amended] 

■ 36. Amend § 96.43 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the term ‘‘intercountry’’ 

and add in its place the phrase 

‘‘Convention and non-Convention’’ in 

paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2); 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘in both 

Convention and non-Convention cases’’ 

in paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2); 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘Convention 

country or other’’ and add in its place 

the term ‘‘foreign’’ in paragraph (b)(1)(i); 

■ d. Remove the phrase ‘‘, Convention 

country, or other’’ and add in its place 

the phrase ‘‘or foreign’’ in paragraphs 

(b)(1)(iii) and (b)(2)(iii); 

■ e. Remove the phrase ‘‘Convention 

country or other’’ and add in its place 

the term ‘‘foreign’’ in paragraph 

(b)(2)(ii); 

■ f. Remove the phrase ‘‘a Convention’’ 

and add in its place the phrase ‘‘an 

intercountry’’ in paragraphs (b)(3), (b)(4) 

and (b)(5); 

■ g. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘foreign’’ in 

paragraphs (b)(3)(i) and (b)(4)(i); and 

■ h. Remove the term’’ Convention 

adoptions’’ and add in its place the term 

‘‘intercountry adoptions’’ in paragraph 

(b)(6). 

§ 96.44 [Amended] 

■ 37. Amend § 96.44 by removing the 

term ‘‘Convention’’ and adding in its 

place the term ‘‘intercountry’’ in 

paragraph (b). 

§ 96.46 [Amended] 

■ 38. Amend § 96.46 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘foreign’’ in 

the section heading, and in paragraphs 

(a), (a)(1), (a)(3), (a)(5), and (b); and 

■ b. Add the phrase ‘‘or the 

Convention’s principles of ensuring that 

intercountry adoptions take place in the 

best interests of children and preventing 

the abduction, exploitation, sale, or 

trafficking of children’’ after the phrase 

‘‘germane to the Convention’’ in 

paragraph (a)(4). 

§ 96.47 [Amended] 

■ 39. Amend § 96.47 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the citation ‘‘8 CFR 

204.3(e)’’ and add in its place the 

citation ‘‘8 CFR 204.311’’ in paragraphs 

(a)(4), (b), and (c)(1); 

■ b. Remove both iterations of the 

phrase ‘‘or temporarily accredited 

agency’’ in paragraph (c); and 

■ c. Remove the citation ‘‘8 CFR 

204.3(b)’’ and add in its place the 

citation ‘‘8 CFR 204.301’’ in paragraph 

(c)(2). 

§ 96.48 [Amended] 

■ 40. Amend § 96.48 by removing the 

term ‘‘Convention’’ and adding in its 

place the term ‘‘foreign’’ in paragraph 

(b)(1) and removing the term 

‘‘Convention’’ and adding in its place 

the term ‘‘intercountry’’ in paragraph 

(b)(8). 

§ 96.49 [Amended] 

■ 41. Amend § 96.49 by removing the 

term ‘‘Convention’’ and adding in its 

place the term ‘‘foreign’’ in paragraphs 

(a), (d)(1), and (d)(2). 

§ 96.50 [Amended] 

■ 42. Amend § 96.50 by removing both 

iterations of the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

adding in place of them the term 

‘‘foreign’’ in paragraph (g) and adding 

the phrase ‘‘in Convention adoptions is’’ 

before the phrase ‘‘entered in 

compliance with’’ in paragraph (h)(1). 

§ 96.52 [Amended] 

■ 43. Amend § 96.52 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘foreign’’ in 

paragraphs (a), (b), and (c); 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘a Convention’’ 

and add in its place the phrase ‘‘an 

intercountry’’ in paragraph (e); and 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘or any 

regulations implementing the IAA’’ and 

add in its place the phrase ‘‘the UAA, 

or any regulations implementing the 

IAA or UAA’’ in paragraph (e). 

■ 44. Revise the undesignated center 

heading above § 96.53 to read as 

follows: 

* * * * * 

Standards for Convention Cases in 

Which a Child Is Emigrating From the 

United States (Outgoing Cases) 

* * * * * 

§ 96.53 [Amended] 

■ 45. Amend § 96.53 by adding the term 

‘‘Convention’’ before ‘‘cases’’ in the 

section heading and removing both 

iterations of the phrase ‘‘or temporarily 

accredited agency’’ in paragraph (b). 

§ 96.54 [Amended] 

■ 46. Amend § 96.54 by adding the term 

‘‘Convention’’ before the term ‘‘cases’’ in 

the section heading. 

§ 96.55 [Amended] 

■ 47. Amend § 96.55 by adding the term 

‘‘Convention’’ before the term ‘‘cases’’ in 

the section heading. 

■ 48. Revise § 96.57 to read as follows: 

§ 96.57 Scope. 

The provisions in this subpart 

establish the procedures for when the 

accrediting entity issues decisions on 

applications for accreditation or 

approval. 

■ 49. Revise § 96.58 to read as follows: 

§ 96.58 Notification of accreditation and 

approval decisions. 

(a) The accrediting entity must 

routinely inform applicants in writing of 

its accreditation and approval 

decisions—whether an application has 

been granted or denied—as those 

decisions are finalized. The accrediting 

entity must routinely provide this 

information to the Secretary in writing. 

(b) The accrediting entity may, in its 

discretion, communicate with agencies 

and persons that have applied for 

accreditation or approval about the 

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status of their pending applications to 

afford them an opportunity to correct 

deficiencies that may hinder or prevent 

accreditation or approval. 

■ 50. Revise § 96.60 to read as follows: 

§ 96.60 Length of accreditation or approval 

period. 

The accrediting entity will accredit or 

approve an agency or person for a 

period of four years. The accreditation 

or approval period will commence on 

the date that the agency or person is 

granted accreditation or approval. 

§ 96.62 [Amended] 

■ 51. Amend § 96.62 by removing the 

second sentence. 

§ 96.63 [Amended] 

■ 52. Amend § 96.63 by removing both 

iterations of the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

adding in their places the term 

‘‘intercountry adoption’’ in paragraph 

(a). 

§ 96.65 [Amended] 

■ 53. Amend § 96.65 by removing the 

second and third sentences. 

§ 96.68 [Amended] 

■ 54. Amend § 96.68 by removing the 

phrase ‘‘or the regulations implementing 

the IAA’’ and adding in its place the 

phrase ‘‘the UAA, or the regulations 

implementing the IAA or UAA’’ and 

removing the last sentence. 

§ 96.69 [Amended] 

■ 55. Amend § 96.69 by removing the 

term ‘‘Convention adoption’’ and adding 

in its place the term ‘‘intercountry 

adoption’’ in paragraphs (b) and (c). 

§ 96.70 [Amended] 

■ 56. Amend § 96.70 by removing the 

phrase ‘‘temporarily accredited 

agencies, and’’ and by adding the phrase 

‘‘, and agencies temporarily accredited 

for one or two years after the 

Convention entered into force’’ after the 

term ‘‘approved persons’’ in paragraph 

(b)(1). 

§ 96.71 [Amended] 

■ 57. Amend § 96.71 by removing the 

phrase ‘‘or the regulations implementing 

the IAA’’ and adding in its place the 

phrase ‘‘the UAA, or the regulations 

implementing the IAA or UAA’’ in 

paragraph (b). 

§ 96.74 [Amended] 

■ 58. Amend § 96.74 by removing the 

second and third sentences. 

§ 96.75 [Amended] 

■ 59. Amend § 96.75 by adding ‘‘, the 

UAA,’’ after ‘‘IAA’’ in the introductory 

text and removing the term 

‘‘Convention’’ and adding in its place 

the term ‘‘foreign’’ in paragraph (e). 

§ 96.77 [Amended] 

■ 60. Amend § 96.77 by removing all six 

iterations of the term ‘‘Convention 

cases’’ and both iterations of the term 

‘‘Convention adoption cases’’ adding in 

their places the term ‘‘intercountry 

adoption cases’’ in paragraphs (b) and 

(c). 

§ 96.81 [Amended] 

■ 61. Amend § 96.81 by removing the 

last two sentences. 

§ 96.83 [Amended] 

■ 62. Amend § 96.83 by removing the 

phrase ‘‘under the Convention’’ in 

paragraph (b)(3). 

§ 96.87 [Amended] 

■ 63. Amend § 96.87 by removing both 

iterations of the term ‘‘Convention 

cases’’ and both iterations of the term 

‘‘Convention adoption cases’’ adding in 

their places the term ‘‘intercountry 

adoption cases’’. 

§ 96.90 [Amended] 

■ 64. Amend § 96.90 by removing the 

second sentence. 

§ 96.91 [Amended] 

■ 65. Amend § 96.91 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the phrase ‘‘Once the 

Convention has entered into force for 

the United States’’ in paragraphs (a) and 

(b); 

■ b. Remove the phrase ‘‘withdrawal of 

temporary accreditation,’’ in paragraph 

(a)(3); and 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘a withdrawal 

of temporary accreditation,’’ in 

paragraph (b)(2). 

§ 96.92 [Amended] 

■ 66. Amend § 96.92 by removing the 

phrase ‘‘Once the Convention has 

entered into force for the United States’’ 

in the introductory text. 

§ 96.93 [Amended] 

■ 67. Amend § 96.93 as follows: 

■ a. Remove the phrase ‘‘and any 

withdrawals of temporary 

accreditation’’ in paragraph (a)(3); 

■ b. Remove the term ‘‘Convention’’ and 

add in its place the term ‘‘intercountry 

adoption’’ in paragraph (b)(2); and 

■ c. Remove the phrase ‘‘or withdraws 

an agency’s temporary accreditation’’ in 

paragraph (c)(3). 

Subpart N [Removed] 

■ 68. Remove subpart N, consisting of 

§§ 96.95 through 96.111. 

Dated: July 7, 2014. 

Michele T. Bond, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Consular 

Affairs, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16294 Filed 7–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 117 

[Docket No. USCG–2014–0545] 

Drawbridge Operation Regulation; New 

Jersey Intracoastal Waterway (NJICW), 

at Atlantic City, NJ 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of deviation from 

drawbridge regulation. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard has issued a 

temporary deviation from the operating 

schedule that governs the US 40–322 

(Albany Avenue) Bridge across Inside 

Thorofare, NJICW mile 70.0, at Atlantic 

City, NJ. The deviation is necessary to 

facilitate the 4th Annual Atlantic City 

Triathlon. The deviation allows the 

bridge to remain in the closed position 

to vessels requesting a bridge opening to 

ensure the participants’ safety and that 

there are no delays. 

DATES: This deviation is effective from 

6 a.m. to Noon on September 13 and 14, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: The docket for this 

deviation [USCG–2014–0545] is 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Type the docket number in the ‘‘Search’’ 

box and click ‘‘Search.’’ Click on the 

Open Docket Folder on the line 

associated with this deviation. You may 

also visit the Docket Management 

Facility in Room W12–140, on the 

ground floor of the Department of 

Transportation West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

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you have questions on this temporary 

deviation, call or email Kashanda 

Booker, Bridge Management Specialist, 

Fifth Coast Guard District, telephone 

(757) 398–6227, email 

Kashanda.l.booker@uscg.mil. If you 

have questions on reviewing the docket, 

call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

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