I 
119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7236 
To provide for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to maintain 
a national list of licensed private child placement agencies, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2026 
Mr. SHREVE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To provide for the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
to maintain a national list of licensed private child place-
ment agencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘In Good Standing 
Adoption Agencies Act of 2026’’. 
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SEC. 2. NATIONAL LIST OF LICENSED CHILD PLACEMENT 
AGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 474 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 674) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(h) NATIONAL LIST OF LICENSED CHILD PLACE-
MENT AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) STATE REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Janu-
ary 1 of each fiscal year, a State with a plan 
approved under this part for the fiscal year 
shall submit to the Secretary a list of private 
child placement agencies that, as of the end of 
the preceding fiscal year, were licensed or ac-
credited by, and in good standing with, the 
State and exempt from Federal income tax by 
reason of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(B) CHILD
PLACEMENT
AGENCY.—In 
subparagraph (A), the term ‘child placement 
agency’ means an agency that places children in 
prospective adoptive homes. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL LIST.—The Secretary, through 
the United States Children’s Bureau, shall compile 
and maintain a publicly available list consisting of 
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each list most recently submitted by a State under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—Not 
later than the 2nd December 31 after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Con-
gress a written report that contains the list main-
tained under paragraph (2) and identifies any child 
placement agency that is licensed by a State and is 
not on the list, and a specification of any discipli-
nary actions that a State has taken against a private 
child placement agency.’’. 
(b) LOSS
OF ELIGIBILITY
FOR ADOPTION
AND 
LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR FAIL-
URE OF STATE TO COMPLY WITH LIST SUBMISSION RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 473A(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
673b(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) the State has complied with section 
474(h)(1) with respect to the preceding fiscal year.’’. 
Æ 
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