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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1952 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2019 
Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for himself and Mr. LANGEVIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Intercountry Adoption 
Information Act of 2019’’. 
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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 significant law or regulation that pre-
vented or prohibited adoptions 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 ini-
tially 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 
adoptions involving immigration to the United 
States, regardless of whether the adoptions occurred 
under the Convention. 
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‘‘(13) For each country listed pursuant to para-
graph (12), a description of— 
‘‘(A) what policies, procedures, resources, 
and safeguards the country lacks, or other 
shortcomings or circumstances, 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 re-
open intercountry adoptions.’’. 
(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. 
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(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 
date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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