,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #bc1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,shreve introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide for the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services to      
maintain a national list of licensed    
private child placement agencies1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,in ,good
 ,standing ,adoption ,agencies ,act of  
#bjbf4  #b4 ,national list of licensed  
child placement agencies  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #dgd of the ,social    
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fgd7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7h7 ,national list of       
licensed child placement agencies  7#a7 
,state reporting  7,a7 ,in general ,not 
later than ,january #a of each fiscal   
year1 a ,state with a plan approved     
under this part for the fiscal year     
shall submit to the ,secretary a list of

 private child placement agencies that1 
as of the end of the preceding fiscal   
year1 were licensed or accredited by1   
and in good standing with1 the ,state   
and exempt from ,federal income tax by  
reason of section #eja7;c77#c7 of the   
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4  7,b7
 ,child placement agency ,in            
subparagraph 7,a71 the term child       
placement agency means an agency that   
places children in prospective adoptive 
homes4  7#b7 ,national list ,the        
,secretary1 through the ,united ,states 
,children's ,bureau1 shall compile and  
maintain a publicly available list      
consisting of each list most recently   
submitted by a ,state under paragraph   
7#a74  7#c7 ,annual reports to ,congress
 ,not later than the #bnd ,december #ca 
after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection1 and annually thereafter1 the
 ,secretary shall submit to the         
,congress a written report that contains
 the list maintained under paragraph    
7#b7 and identifies any child placement 

agency that is licensed by a ,state and 
is not on the list1 and a specification 
of any disciplinary actions that a      
,state has taken against a private child
 placement agency4  4  7b7 ,loss of     
eligibility for adoption and legal      
guardianship incentive payments for     
failure of ,state ,to comply with list  
submission requirement ,section         
#dgc;,a7b7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#fgc;b7b77 is amended--  7#a7 by        
striking and at the end of paragraph    
7#c72  7#b7 by striking the period at   
the end of paragraph 7#d7 and inserting 
2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at the end   
the following3  7#e7 the ,state has     
complied with section #dgd7;h77#a7 with 
respect to the preceding fiscal year4  4