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 adop-
tions from countries which have significantly reduced 
adoption rates involving immigration to the United 
States, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intercountry Adoption 
Information Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN 
ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOP-
TIONS. 
(a) REPORT ELEMENTS.—Section 104(b) of the 
Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(9) A list of countries that established or 
maintained a law or policy that prevented or prohib-
ited adoptions involving immigration to the United 
States, regardless of whether such adoptions oc-
curred under the Convention. 
‘‘(10) For each country listed under paragraph 
(9), the date on which the law or policy was initially 
implemented. 
‘‘(11) Information on efforts taken with respect 
to a country listed under paragraph (9) to encourage 
the resumption of halted or stalled adoption pro-
ceedings involving immigration to the United States, 
regardless of whether the adoptions would have oc-
curred under the Convention. 
‘‘(12) Information on any action the Secretary 
carried out that prevented, prohibited, or halted any 
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adoptions involving immigration to the United 
States, regardless of whether the adoptions occurred 
under the Convention.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—Section 104 
of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14914) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The Sec-
retary shall make the information contained in the report 
required under subsection (a) available to the public on 
the website of the Department of State.’’. 
(c) PRIVACY CONCERNS.—In complying with the 
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b), the Sec-
retary shall avoid, to the maximum extent practicable, dis-
closing any personally identifiable information relating to 
United States citizens or the adoptees of such citizens. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 104(a) of 
the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
14914(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘International Rela-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign Affairs’’. 
(e) APPLICATION DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports required 
to be submitted under section 104 of the Intercountry 
Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914) beginning on the 
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date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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