3.0.0 5101 2023-09-15T01:30:25Z 2023-09-15T01:30:25Z Senate S 2022-11-16 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-11-16T19:28:11Z 2022-11-16 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2022-11-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2022-11-16 True International Affairs International Affairs 00 2022-11-16 Introduced in Senate 2023-09-15T01:28:03Z 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.

]]> Voluntary Specialized Accreditation for Background and Home Studies Act Display Title Voluntary Specialized Accreditation for Background and Home Studies Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Voluntary Specialized Accreditation for Background and Home Studies Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to modify the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to provide a specialized accreditation option for performing a background study on a child or a home study on prospective adoptive parents, and reporting on such a study. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s5101is/xml/BILLS-117s5101is.xml 2022-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.