Public Law 106-279 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption

Public Law 106-279 - OCT. 6, 2000 106th Congress An Act To provide for implementation by the United States of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption, and for other purposes. FINDINGS. - Congress recognizes -The international character of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption (done at The Hague on May 29, 1993); and The need for uniform interpretation and implementation of the Convention in the United States and abroad, and therefore finds that enactment of a Federal law governing adoptions and prospective . . .