,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ich  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bh1         
#bjai,mr4 ,burr 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,cardin1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1  
,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,brown1 and ,mr4     
,wicker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend the ,intercountry     
,adoption ,act of #bjjj to require the  
,secretary of ,state to report on       
intercountry adoptions from countries   
which have significantly reduced        
adoption rates involving immigration to 
the ,united ,states1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,intercountry       
,adoption ,information ,act of #bjai4   
#b4 ,additional information to be       
included in annual report on            
intercountry adoptions  7a7 ,report     
elements ,section #ajd7;b7 of the       
,intercountry ,adoption ,act of #bjjj   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adiad7;b77 is amended by

 adding at the end the following new    
paragraphs3  7#i7 ,a list of countries  
that established or maintained a        
significant law or regulation that      
prevented or prohibited adoptions       
involving immigration to the ,united    
,states1 regardless of whether such     
adoptions occurred under the            
,convention4  7#aj7 ,for each country   
listed under paragraph 7#i71 the date on
 which the law or regulation was        
initially implemented4  7#aa7           
,information on efforts taken with      
respect to a country listed under       
paragraph 7#i7 to encourage the         
resumption of halted or stalled adoption
 proceedings involving immigration to   
the ,united ,states1 regardless of      
whether the adoptions would have        
occurred under the ,convention4  7#ab7  
,information on any action the          
,secretary carried out that prevented1  
prohibited1 or halted any adoptions     
involving immigration to the ,united    
,states1 regardless of whether the      

adoptions occurred under the            
,convention4  7#ac7 ,for each country   
listed pursuant to paragraph 7#ab71 a   
description of-- 7,a7 what policies1    
procedures1 resources1 and safeguards   
the country lacks1 or other shortcomings
 or circumstances1 that caused the      
action to be carried out2  7,b7 what    
progress the country has made to        
alleviate those shortcomings2 and  7,c7 
what steps the ,department of ,state has
 taken in order to assist the country to
 reopen intercountry adoptions4  4  7b7 
,public availability of report ,section 
#ajd of the ,intercountry ,adoption ,act
 of #bjjj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adiad7 is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7c7 ,public  
availability of report ,the ,secretary  
shall make the information contained in 
the report required under subsection 7a7
 available to the public on the website 
of the ,department of ,state4  4  7c7   
,privacy concerns ,in complying with the
 amendments made by subsections 7a7 and 

7b71 the ,secretary shall avoid1 to the 
maximum extent practicable1 disclosing  
any personally identifiable information 
relating to ,united ,states citizens or 
the adoptees of such citizens4  7d7     
,conforming amendment ,section #ajd7;a7 
of the ,intercountry ,adoption ,act of  
#bjjj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adiad7;a77 is     
amended by striking ,international      
,relations and inserting ,foreign       
,affairs4  7e7 ,application date ,the   
amendments made by this section shall   
apply with respect to reports required  
to be submitted under section #ajd of   
the ,intercountry ,adoption ,act of     
#bjjj 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adiad7 beginning  
on the date that is #a year after the   
date of enactment of this ,act4