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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Jul 10, 2018
Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018
(Sec. 2) 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:
countries that have a law or policy that prevented or prohibited adoptions of children by American parents regardless of whether the adoptions occurred under The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption [Hague Adoption Convention];
the implementation date of any such law or policy;
State Department efforts to encourage the resumption of halted or stalled adoptions involving U.S. immigration; and
State Department actions that prevented, prohibited, or halted such adoptions.
The State Department shall make the report publicly available on its website, but must avoid disclosing any personally identifiable information relating to U.S. citizens or their adoptees.
People & committees
Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] · R–GA
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6015)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6015)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5626.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6015-6017)
Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules,.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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