Adoption Counts Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6700 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6700 To require the Children's Bureau to collect and maintain information regarding all private adoptions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2023 Mr. Lamborn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Children's Bureau to collect and maintain information regarding all private adoptions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Adoption Counts Act''. SEC. 2. ADOPTION STATISTICS. (a) In General.--Section 473A(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(4) Additional requirement.-- ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State shall not be considered to be in compliance w…