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September
15, 2003
 22 CFR Parts 96 and 98
Hague Convention on Intercounty Adoption;
Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000; Accreditation of Agencies;
Approval of Persons; Preservation of Convention Records; Proposed
Rules
The Department of State (the Department) is proposing regulations to
implement the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation
in Respect of Inter-country
Adoption (the Convention) and the Inter-country Adoption Act of 2000 (the
IAA). The Convention and the IAA require that adoption service providers
be accredited or approved to provide adoption services for inter-country
adoptions involving two countries party to the Convention. These
proposed rules establish procedures that the Department will use
to designate accrediting entities for the purpose of evaluating
agencies and persons and determining if they may be granted
accreditation or approval. These proposed rules also contain
procedures and standards to accredit agencies and approve persons
to provide adoption services in Convention cases. These rules will
ensure that, when the Convention enters into force for the United
States, there will be accredited agencies and approved persons to
provide adoption services for Convention adoptions.
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