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Adoption Legislation

Great Wall offers our adoptive families periodic updates on important adoption and child welfare legislation.  Below is pertinent international adoption legislation introduced in the 109th Congress.  

  • H.R. 5726 – ICARE Act – Introduced by Rep. Jo Ann Davis (VA) – Is a bill to reform Federal procedures relating to intercountry adoption.  The ICARE Act was referred to the House Judiciary and International Relations Committees on June 29, 2006.  Rep. Ron Paul (TX), Rep. Joe Pitts (PA), and Rep. Robert Wexler (FL) co-sponsored the legislation.
  • H.R. 5888 – Introduced by Rep. Heather Wilson (NM) – Is a bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that an individual may file an orphan petition for at least 2 years after approval of an advanced processing application.  It was introduced in the House on July 25th and was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.  There are seven cosponsors of the bill – (Rep. Bob Beauprez (CO), Rep. Jeb Bradley (NH), Rep. Ken Calvert (CA), Rep. Barney Frank (MA), Rep. Ron Paul (TX), Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (MD), Rep. Bernie Sanders (VT). This bill was referred to the House Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2006.
  • H.R. 305 – Introduced by Rep. Joe Wilson (SC) – Is a bill to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs. It was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means on January 25, 2005.  There are 73 co-sponsors to the bill. 
  • H.R. 268 – Introduced by Rep. Dave Camp (MI) – Is a bill to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.  It was referred to the House Committee Ways and Means on January 1, 2005.  There are three co-sponsors to the bill.
  • H.R. 347 – Introduced by Rep. Todd Russell Platts (PA) – Is a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the credit for adoption expenses shall be permanent and to repeal the 5-year limitation on carry forwards of unused credit.  This bill was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means on January 25, 2005.  Rep. Bob Inglis (SC) co-sponsored the bill.
  • S. 246 – Introduced by Senator Jim Bunning (KY) – A bill to repeal the sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 with respect to the expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs.  This bill was referred to the Senate Finance Committee on February 1, 2005.  There are 20 co-sponsors to the bill.

The full text of this legislation can be read on the Library of Congress website at http://thomas.loc.gov/.