I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1057
To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation 
Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and 
adoption assistance programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2003
Mr. DEMINT (for himself, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. 
ANDREWS, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BAKER, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, 
Mr. BEREUTER, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BOS-
WELL, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. BURR, Mr. BURTON of 
Indiana, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
COSTELLO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRANE, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, 
Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. DOOLITTLE, 
Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FIL-
NER, Mr. FLETCHER, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FORD, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. 
FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. 
GORDON, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HASTINGS of Wash-
ington, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOSTETTLER, 
Mr. HYDE, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, 
Mr. KELLER, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIRK, Mr. KLINE, Mr. 
KOLBE, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 
LOBIONDO, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MATHESON, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New 
York, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCINNIS, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. 
MICA, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MORAN 
of Virginia, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. NOR-
WOOD, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. OTTER, Mr. 
OXLEY, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PLATTS, 
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. QUINN, Mr. RENZI, Mr. REYES, Mr. ROGERS 
of Michigan, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RYUN
of Kansas, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
SHAYS, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 
STEARNS, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. TANCREDO, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TAYLOR 
of North Carolina, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TIAHRT, 
Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. VITTER, Mr. WAL-
DEN of Oregon, Mr. WALSH, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELDON 
of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WICKER, Mr. WILSON of
South Carolina, and Mr. WOLF) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion 
of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.
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 Adoption Tax Relief 
Guarantee Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF APPLICABILITY OF SUNSET OF THE 
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF REC-
ONCILIATION ACT OF 2001 WITH RESPECT TO 
ADOPTION CREDIT AND ADOPTION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 901 of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief 
Reconciliation Act of 2001 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
the amendments made by section 202 (relating to expan-
sion of adoption credit and adoption assistance pro-
grams).’’.
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