118 HR 6700 IH: Adoption Counts Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-12-11 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.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 6700IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 11, 2023Mr. Lamborn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and MeansA BILLTo require the Children’s Bureau to collect and maintain information regarding all private adoptions, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Adoption Counts Act.

2.

Adoption statistics

(a)

In general

Section 473A(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:(4)

Additional requirement

(A)

In general

Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State shall not be considered to be in compliance with this subsection for a fiscal year if any court of the State that finalized the adoption of a person pursuant to a voluntary consent or relinquishment in the calendar year ending in the preceding fiscal year has not submitted to the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services the report described in subparagraph (B) for the calendar year.(B)

Report

The report described in this subparagraph for a calendar year is a report that contains the following information about each adoption referred to in subparagraph (A) finalized by the court in the calendar year:(i)Whether the person at the time of the adoption was less than 1 year of age, not less than 1 year of age and less than 3 years of age, not less than 3 years of age and less than 18 years of age, or not less than 18 years of age.(ii)In the case that the person at the time of the adoption was less than 18 years of age—(I)Whether the person was adopted by a step-parent, relative, or legal guardian of the child, or none of the foregoing.(II)Whether the person was born as a result of gestational surrogacy.(III)Whether the adoptive parents of the person had been given custody of the child through an international adoption placement or international guardianship.(IV)At the option of the court, the race of the person..(b)

Effective date

The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.