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Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018

Introduced: June 28, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Jun 28, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Jun 28, 2018
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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 prevented or prohibited adoptions of children by American parents; (2) State Department efforts to encourage the resumption of such halted or stalled adoption proceedings; and (3) State Department actions that prevented, prohibited, or halted such adoptions.

What's happening now June 28, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5626 Related bill Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 18, 2018
 R
Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Sep 18, 2018
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jun 28, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3163: Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3163/
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"S. 3163: Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3163/.
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S. 3163, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-3163/.
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