IIB 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5626 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 11, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Information Act of 2018’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 

5 ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOP6 TIONS. 

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

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

9 is amended by adding at the end the following new para10 graphs: 

11 ‘‘(9) A list of countries that established or 

12 maintained a law or policy that prevented or prohib13 ited adoptions involving immigration to the United 

14 States, regardless of whether such adoptions oc15 curred under the Convention. 

16 ‘‘(10) For each country listed under paragraph 

17 (9), the date on which the law or policy was initially 

18 implemented. 

19 ‘‘(11) Information on efforts taken with respect 

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

21 the resumption of halted or stalled adoption pro22 ceedings involving immigration to the United States, 

23 regardless of whether the adoptions would have oc24 curred under the Convention. 

25 ‘‘(12) Information on any action the Secretary 

26 carried out that prevented, prohibited, or halted any 


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1 adoptions involving immigration to the United 

2 States, regardless of whether the adoptions occurred 

3 under the Convention.’’. 

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

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

6 14914) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 subsection: 

8 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Sec9 retary shall make the information contained in the report 

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

11 the website of the Department of State.’’. 

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

13 amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), the Sec14 retary shall avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, dis15 closing any personally identifiable information relating to 

16 United States citizens or the adoptees of such citizens. 

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

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

19 14914(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘International Rela20 tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign Affairs’’. 

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

22 this section shall apply with respect to reports required 

23 to be submitted under section 104 of the Intercountry 

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


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

2 Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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