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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018</b></p> <p>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. </p>]]></text>
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