2016-05-19 Introduced in House This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require annual human rights reports to include information on the:

• institutionalization of children, including in orphanages and group homes, if such institutionalization can be avoided by reunifying such children with parents of origin or by adoptive placement; and
• related subjection of children to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, unnecessary detention, and denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of persons.

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