H.R. 5626: Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-04-26 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2018-04-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018

Plain summary

I ntercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to direct the Department of State to include in its annual intercountry adoptions report to Congress information on: countries that have a law or policy that prevented or prohibited adoptions of children by American parents regardless of whether the adoptions occurred under The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption [Hague Adoption Convention]; the implementation date of any such law or policy; State Department efforts to encourage the resumption of halted or stalled adoptions involving U.S. immigration; and State Department actions that prevented, prohibited, or halted such adoptions. The State Department shall make the report publicly available on its website, but must avoid disclosing any personally identifiable information relating to U.S. citizens or their adoptees.

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Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Doug [R-GA-9] · 8 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5626, Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2018 (2018-06-13)

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Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr5626.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5626 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115