Anti-Fraudulent Intercountry Adoption Practices Act of 1996

Summary

Anti-Fraudulent Intercountry Adoption Practices Act of 1996 - Prohibits any person offering to perform any act or render any service in connection with the placement of a child for adoption from knowingly falsifying or concealing a material fact or from making or using any false document. Defines "material facts, documents, and representations" to include: (1) information about the political or legal conditions and circumstances in any country in which the legal proceedings of the adoption are to take place that may affect the adoption process; and (2) information released by the U.S. Department of State in the form of travel notices and other advisories regarding the adoption process in any such country. Sets penalties for violations. Prohibits knowingly soliciting or receiving money or anything of value for placing any child for adoption under circumstances that require such child to be transported in interstate or foreign commerce, with exceptions. Sets penalties for violations. Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be civil remedies for victims of fraudulent adoption practices.

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Timeline

1. 2 August 1996

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 August 1996

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 2 August 1996

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 September 1996

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 2 August 1996 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 2 August 1996

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 2 August 1996

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 August 1996

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Sponsors

• LUIS GUTIERREZ · D · Sponsor
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