[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 155 (Wednesday, December 5, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S7460]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3310. Mr. CARDIN (for Mr. Kerry (for himself, Mr. Lugar, Ms. 
Landrieu, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. DeMINT)) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 3331, to provide for universal intercountry adoption 
accreditation standards, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Intercountry Adoption 
     Universal Accreditation Act of 2012''.

     SEC. 2. UNIVERSAL ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--The provisions of title II and section 404 
     of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14901 et 
     seq.), and related implementing regulations, shall apply to 
     any person offering or providing adoption services in 
     connection with a child described in section 101(b)(1)(F) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)), 
     to the same extent as they apply to the offering or provision 
     of adoption services in connection with a Convention 
     adoption. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, the Attorney General (with respect to section 
     404(b) of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 
     14944)), and the accrediting entities shall have the duties, 
     responsibilities, and authorities under title II and title IV 
     of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 and related 
     implementing regulations with respect to a person offering or 
     providing such adoption services, irrespective of whether 
     such services are offered or provided in connection with a 
     Convention adoption.
       (b) Effective Date.--The provisions of this section shall 
     take effect 18 months after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (c) Transition Rule.--This Act shall not apply to a person 
     offering or providing adoption services as described in 
     subsection (a) in the case of a prospective adoption in 
     which--
       (1) an application for advance processing of an orphan 
     petition or petition to classify an orphan as an immediate 
     relative for a child is filed before the date that is 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
       (2) the prospective adoptive parents of a child have 
     initiated the adoption process with the filing of an 
     appropriate application in a foreign country sufficient such 
     that the Secretary of State is satisfied before the date that 
     is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF COLLECTED FEES FOR ACCREDITING 
                   ENTITIES.

       (a) Section 403 of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 
     (42 U.S.C. 14943) is amended by striking subsection (c).
       (b) Report Requirement.--Section 202(b) of the Intercountry 
     Adoption act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14922(b)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Report on use of federal funding.--Not later than 90 
     days after an accrediting entity receives Federal funding 
     authorized by section 403, the entity shall submit a report 
     to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     that describes--
       ``(A) the amount of such funding the entity received; and
       ``(B) how such funding was, or will be, used by the 
     entity.''.

     SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act, the terms ``accrediting entity'', ``adoption 
     service'', ``Convention adoption'', and ``person'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Intercountry 
     Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14902).

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