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One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intercountry Adoption Informa-
tion Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL 
REPORT ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS. 
(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 paragraphs: 
‘‘(9) A list of countries that established or maintained a 
significant law or regulation that prevented or prohibited adop-
tions involving immigration to the United States, regardless 
of whether such adoptions occurred under the Convention. 
‘‘(10) For each country listed under paragraph (9), the 
date on which the law or regulation 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 proceedings involving immigration 
to the United States, regardless of whether the adoptions would 
have occurred under the Convention. 
‘‘(12) Information on any action the Secretary carried out 
that prevented, prohibited, or halted any adoptions involving 
immigration to the United States, regardless of whether the 
adoptions occurred under the Convention. 
‘‘(13) For each country listed pursuant to paragraph (12), 
a description of— 
‘‘(A) what policies, procedures, resources, and safe-
guards the country lacks, or other shortcomings or cir-
cumstances, that caused the action to be carried out; 
‘‘(B) what progress the country has made to alleviate 
those shortcomings; and 
‘‘(C) what steps the Department of State has taken 
in order to assist the country to reopen intercountry adop-
tions. 
‘‘(14) An assessment of the impact of the fee schedule 
of the Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance 
Entity on families seeking to adopt internationally, especially
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low-income families, families seeking to adopt sibling groups, 
or families seeking to adopt children with disabilities.’’. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—Section 104 of the Inter-
country 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 Secretary shall 
make the information contained in the report required under sub-
section (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 Secretary shall avoid, to 
the maximum extent practicable, disclosing any personally identifi-
able information relating to United States citizens or the adoptees 
of such citizens. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 104(a) of the Inter-
country Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘International Relations’’ 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 date that is 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.