Title: Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018
This bill amends the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to direct the Department of State to include in its annual intercountry adoptions report to Congress information on: (1) countries that have halted or reduced adoptions of children by American parents, and (2) State Department efforts to encourage the resumption of such halted or reduced adoption proceedings.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5626 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5626

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2018

 Mr. Collins of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Lawrence, 
 and Mr. Lamborn) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
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 Information 
Act of 2018''.

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 and carried out 
        a policy or law that, with respect to adoptions involving 
        immigration to the United States, regardless of whether the 
        adoptions occurred under the Convention--
                    ``(A) reduced the number of such adoptions; or
                    ``(B) prevented or prohibited such adoptions.
            ``(10) 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.''.
    (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 Secretary 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 Secretary shall avoid, to the maximum 
extent practicable, disclosing 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 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 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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