S.744 Immigration bill - Sec. 2311: INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION HARMONIZATION

Posted Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    (a) Modification of Adoption Age Requirements- Section 101(b)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)) is amended--

      (1) in subparagraph (E)--

        (A) by striking `(E)(i)' and inserting `(E)';

        (B) by striking `sixteen' and inserting `18';

        (C) by striking `; or' and inserting a semicolon; and

        (D) by striking clause (ii);

      (2) in subparagraph (F)--

        (A) by striking `(F)(i)' and inserting `(F)';

        (B) by striking `sixteen' and inserting `18';

        (C) by striking `Attorney General' and inserting `Secretary of Homeland Security'; and

        (D) by striking clause (ii); and

      (3) in subparagraph (G), by striking `16' and inserting `18'.

    (b) Harmonizing Adoptions Between Hague Convention and Non-Hague-Convention Countries- Section 212(a)(1)(C)(ii) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking `section 101(b)(1)(F),' and inserting `subparagraph (F) or (G) of section 101(b)(1),'.

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INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION HARMONIZATION