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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5626 

To amend the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to require the Secretary 

of State to report on intercountry adoptions from countries which have 

significantly reduced adoption rates involving immigration to the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 26, 2018 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mrs. LAWRENCE, and 

Mr. LAMBORN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to require 

the Secretary of State to report on intercountry adoptions from countries which have significantly reduced 

adoption rates involving immigration to the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intercountry Adoption 

5 Information Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 

2 ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOP3 TIONS. 

4 (a) REPORT ELEMENTS.—Section 104(b) of the 

5 Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914(b)) 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following new para7 graphs: 

8 ‘‘(9) A list of countries that established and 

9 carried out a policy or law that, with respect to 

10 adoptions involving immigration to the United 

11 States, regardless of whether the adoptions occurred 

12 under the Convention— 

13 ‘‘(A) reduced the number of such adop14 tions; or 

15 ‘‘(B) prevented or prohibited such adop16 tions. 

17 ‘‘(10) Information on efforts taken with respect 

18 to a country listed under paragraph (9) to encourage 

19 the resumption of halted or stalled adoption pro20 ceedings involving immigration to the United States, 

21 regardless of whether the adoptions would have oc22 curred under the Convention.’’. 

23 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—Section 104 

24 of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

25 14914) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

26 subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Sec2 retary shall make the information contained in the report 

3 required under subsection (a) available to the public on 

4 the website of the Department of State.’’. 

5 (c) PRIVACY CONCERNS.—In complying with the 

6 amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), the Sec7 retary shall avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, dis8 closing any personally identifiable information relating to 

9 United States citizens or the adoptees of such citizens. 

10 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 104(a) of 

11 the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 

12 14914(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘International Rela13 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign Affairs’’. 

14 (e) APPLICATION DATE.—The amendments made by 

15 this section shall apply with respect to reports required 

16 to be submitted under section 104 of the Intercountry 

17 Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914) beginning on the 

18 date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

19 Act. 

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