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        H.R.1952

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to require the Secretary 
 of State to report on intercountry adoptions from countries which have 
significantly reduced adoption rates involving immigration to the United 
                     States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Intercountry Adoption Information 
Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN ANNUAL REPORT ON 
INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS.
    (a) Report Elements.--Section 104(b) of the Intercountry Adoption 
Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs:
        ``(9) A list of countries that established or maintained a 
    significant law or regulation that prevented or prohibited 
    adoptions involving immigration to the United States, regardless of 
    whether such adoptions occurred under the Convention.
        ``(10) For each country listed under paragraph (9), the date on 
    which the law or regulation was initially implemented.
        ``(11) Information on efforts taken with respect to a country 
    listed under paragraph (9) to encourage the resumption of halted or 
    stalled adoption proceedings involving immigration to the United 
    States, regardless of whether the adoptions would have occurred 
    under the Convention.
        ``(12) Information on any action the Secretary carried out that 
    prevented, prohibited, or halted any adoptions involving 
    immigration to the United States, regardless of whether the 
    adoptions occurred under the Convention.
        ``(13) For each country listed pursuant to paragraph (12), a 
    description of--
            ``(A) what policies, procedures, resources, and safeguards 
        the country lacks, or other shortcomings or circumstances, that 
        caused the action to be carried out;
            ``(B) what progress the country has made to alleviate those 
        shortcomings; and
            ``(C) what steps the Department of State has taken in order 
        to assist the country to reopen intercountry adoptions.
        ``(14) An assessment of the impact of the fee schedule of the 
    Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity on 
    families seeking to adopt internationally, especially low-income 
    families, families seeking to adopt sibling groups, or families 
    seeking to adopt children with disabilities.''.
    (b) Public Availability of Report.--Section 104 of the Intercountry 
Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Public Availability of Report.--The Secretary shall make the 
information contained in the report required under subsection (a) 
available to the public on the website of the Department of State.''.
    (c) Privacy Concerns.--In complying with the amendments made by 
subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall avoid, to the maximum 
extent practicable, disclosing any personally identifiable information 
relating to United States citizens or the adoptees of such citizens.
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 104(a) of the Intercountry 
Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914(a)) is amended by striking 
``International Relations'' and inserting ``Foreign Affairs''.
    (e) Application Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to reports required to be submitted under section 
104 of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914) 
beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.