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42 U.S.C. § 14944 — Documents of other Convention countries
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Documents originating in any other Convention country and related to a Convention adoption case shall require no authentication in order to be admissible in any Federal, State, or local court in the United States, unless a specific and supported claim is made that the documents are false, have been altered, or are otherwise unreliable.
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Documents originating in any other Convention country and related to a Convention adoption case shall require no authentication in order to be admissible in any Federal, State, or local court in the United States, unless a specific and supported claim is made that the documents are false, have been altered, or are otherwise unreliable.
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**(a) Preemption of inconsistent State law** The Convention and this chapter shall not be construed to preempt any provision of the law of any State or political subdivision thereof, or prevent a State or political subdivision thereof from enacting any provision of law with respect to the subject matter of the Convention or this chapter, except to the extent that such provision of State law is inconsistent with the Convention or this chapter, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.
**(b) Applicability of the Indian Child Welfare Act** The Convention and this chapter shall not be construed to affect the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 ([25 U.S.C. 1901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(c) Relationship to other laws** Sections 3506(c), 3507, and 3512 of title 44 shall not apply to information collection for purposes of sections 14914, 14922(b)(4), and 14932(d) of this title or for use as a Convention record as defined in this chapter.
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As used in this chapter:
(1) **Accredited agency** — The term “accredited agency” means an agency accredited under subchapter II to provide adoption services in the United States in cases subject to the Convention.
(2) **Accrediting entity** — The term “accrediting entity” means an entity designated under [section 14922(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section14922/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to accredit agencies and approve persons under subchapter II.
(3) **Adoption service** — The term “adoption service” means—
(A) identifying a child for adoption and arranging an adoption;
(B) securing necessary consent to termination of parental rights and to adoption;
(C) performing a background study on a child or a home study on a prospective adoptive parent, and reporting on such a study;
(D) making determinations of the best interests of a child and the appropriateness of adoptive placement for the child;
(E) post-placement monitoring of a case until final adoption; and
(F) where made necessary by disruption before final adoption, assuming custody and providing child care or any other social service pending an alternative placement.
The term “providing”, with respect to an adoption service, includes facilitating the provision of the service.
(4) **Agency** — The term “agency” means any person other than an individual.
(5) **Approved person** — The term “approved person” means a person approved under subchapter II to provide adoption services in the United States in cases subject to the Convention.
(6) **Attorney General** — Except as used in [section 14944 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section14944&num=0&edition=prelim), the term “Attorney General”
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**(a) In general** The provisions of title II and section 404 of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 ([42 U.S.C. 14901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section14901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.[, [42 U.S.C. 14944](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section14944&num=0&edition=prelim)]), and related implementing regulations, shall apply to any person offering or providing adoption services in connection with a child described in [section 1101(b)(1)(F) of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/b/1/F&num=0&edition=prelim), to the same extent as they apply to the offering or provision of adoption services in connection with a Convention adoption. The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General (with respect to section 404(b) of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 ([42 U.S.C. 14944](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section14944&num=0&edition=prelim)[(b)])), and the accrediting entities shall have the duties, responsibilities, and authorities under title II and title IV of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 [[42 U.S.C. 14921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section14921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., 14941 et seq.] and related implementing regulations with respect to a person offering or providing such adoption services, irrespective of whether such services are offered or provided in connection with a Convention adoption.
**(b) Effective date** The provisions of this section shall take effect 18 months after January 14, 2013.
**(c) Transition rule** This Act shall not apply to a person offering or providing adoption services as described in su
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 14944
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective upon entry into force for the United
States of the Convention on Protection of Children and
Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, pur-
suant to Article 46(2)(a) of the Convention, with transi-
tion rule, see section 505(a)(2), (b) of Pub. L. 106–279, set
out as an Effective Dates; Transition Rule note under
section 14901 of this title.
§ 14943. Authorization of appropriations; collec-
tion of fees
(a) Authorization of appropriations
(1) In general
There are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary to agencies of the
Federal Government implementing the Con-
vention and the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Availability of funds
Amounts appropriated pursuant to para-
graph (1) are authorized to remain available
until expended.
(b) Assessment of fees
(1) The Secretary may charge a fee for new or
enhanced services that will be undertaken by
the Department of State to meet the require-
ments of this chapter with respect to inter-
country adoptions under the Convention and
comparable services with respect to other inter-
country adoptions. Such fee shall be prescribed
by regulation and shall not exceed the cost of
such services.
(2) Fees collected under paragraph (1) shall be
retained and deposited as an offsetting collec-
tion to any Department of State appropriation
to recover the costs of providing such services.
Such fees shall remain available for obligation
until expended.
(Pub. L. 106–279, title IV, § 403, Oct. 6, 2000, 114
Stat. 841; Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 211(a),
Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1365; Pub. L. 112–276,
§ 3(a), Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2467.)
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