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Adoption: Interethnic Placement Legislation In the 104th Congress (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Oct. 14, 1996
Report Number 96-376
Report Type Report
Authors Karen Spar, Education and Public Welfare Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Legislation was enacted during the 104th Congress that is intended to promote adoption by prohibiting racial and other discrimination in adoptive placements and by establishing tax credits for adoptive parents ( P.L. 104-188 , H.R. 3448 ). These provisions are components of the Small Business Job Protection Act, which also contains provisions to increase the minimum wage. Congress earlier had included similar adoption provisions in various versions of welfare reform legislation and in a free-standing bill ( H.R. 3286 ) that also contained amendments to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). The 104th Congress took no final action on the ICWA amendments.