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S 5101 117th Congress Senate International Affairs

Voluntary Specialized Accreditation for Background and Home Studies Act

Introduced: November 16, 2022 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Voluntary Specialized Accreditation for Background and Home Studies Act

This bill modifies intercountry adoption provisions to include voluntary accreditation relating to performing a background study on a child or performing a home study on a prospective adoptive parent.

What's happening now November 16, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Nov 16, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5101: Voluntary Specialized Accreditation for Background and Home Studies Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5101/
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"S. 5101: Voluntary Specialized Accreditation for Background and Home Studies Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5101/.
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S. 5101, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5101/.
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