Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000
Pub. L. 106–279
US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.
23 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 106-170 and Public Law 106-580.
- 42 U.S.C. § 622 — State plans for child welfare services
- 42 U.S.C. § 14901 — Findings and purposes
- 42 U.S.C. § 14902 — Definitions
- 42 U.S.C. § 14911 — Designation of central authority
- 42 U.S.C. § 14912 — Responsibilities of the Secretary of State
- 42 U.S.C. § 14913 — Responsibilities of the Attorney General
- 42 U.S.C. § 14914 — Annual report on intercountry adoptions
- 42 U.S.C. § 14921 — Accreditation or approval required in order to provide adoption services in cases subject to the Convention
- 42 U.S.C. § 14922 — Process for accreditation and approval; role of accrediting entities
- 42 U.S.C. § 14923 — Standards and procedures for providing accreditation or approval
- 42 U.S.C. § 14924 — Secretarial oversight of accreditation and approval
- 42 U.S.C. § 14931 — Adoptions of children immigrating to the United States
- 42 U.S.C. § 14932 — Adoptions of children emigrating from the United States
- 42 U.S.C. § 14941 — Access to Convention records
- 42 U.S.C. § 14942 — Documents of other Convention countries
- 42 U.S.C. § 14943 — Authorization of appropriations; collection of fees
- 42 U.S.C. § 14944 — Enforcement
- 42 U.S.C. § 14951 — Recognition of Convention adoptions
- 42 U.S.C. § 14952 — Special rules for certain cases
- 42 U.S.C. § 14953 — Relationship to other laws
- 42 U.S.C. § 14954 — No private right of action
- 8 U.S.C. § 1101 — Definitions
- 8 U.S.C. § 1154 — Procedure for granting immigrant status