,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ai1 #bjaf ,mr4 
,marino 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1  
,mr4 ,higgins1 and ,mr4 ,mc,dermott7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the      
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa to   
require the annual human rights reports 
to include information on the           
institutionalization of children and the
 subjection of children to cruel1       
inhuman1 or degrading treatment1        
unnecessary detention1 and denial of the
 right to life1 liberty1 and the        
security of persons1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,amendments to annual    
human rights reports under the ,foreign 
,assistance ,act of #aifa  7a7 ,in      
general ,the ,foreign ,assistance ,act  
of #aifa is amended-- 7#a7 in section   
#aaf7;d7 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #baean7d77--    
7,a7 in paragraph 7#aa71 by striking and
 at the end2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#ab71  

by striking the period at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#ac7 wherever  
applicable1 a description of--  7,a7 the
 institutionalization of children1      
including in orphanages1 and in large   
and small group homes1 if such          
institutionalization can be avoided     
either by promptly reunifying such      
children with nurturing parents of      
origin or by promptly placing such      
children in adoptive homes in the       
country of origin or abroad2 and  7,b7  
the related subjection of children to   
cruel1 inhuman1 or degrading treatment1 
unnecessary detention1 and denial of the
 right to life1 liberty1 and the        
security of persons4  2 and  7#b7 in    
section #ejb;,b 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcjd71  
by adding at the end the following3  7j7
 ,the report required by subsection 7b7 
shall include1 wherever applicable1 a   
description of--  7#a7 the              
institutionalization of children1       
including in orphanages1 and in large   

and small group homes1 if such          
institutionalization can be avoided     
either by promptly reunifying such      
children with nurturing parents of      
origin or by promptly placing such      
children in adoptive homes in the       
country of origin or abroad2 and  7#b7  
the related subjection of children to   
cruel1 inhuman1 or degrading treatment1 
unnecessary detention1 and denial of the
 right to life1 liberty1 and the        
security of persons4  4  7b7 ,effective 
date ,the amendments made by subsection 
7a77#a7 take effect on the date of the  
enactment of this ,act and apply with   
respect to reports required to be       
submitted under section #aaf7;d7 of the 
,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa on or
 after such date of enactment4 ,the     
amendments made by subsection 7a77#b7   
take effect on the date of the enactment
 of this ,act and apply with respect to 
reports required to be submitted under  
section #ejb;,b7b7 of the ,foreign      
,assistance ,act of #aifa on or after   

such date of enactment4