November 16, 2010, Congress Passes the International Adoption Simplification Act. We are delighted to announce that yesterday Congress passed the International Adoption Simplification Act. The act, which awaits President Obama's signature, remedies disparities between Hague and Non-Hague adoption vaccination requirements for internationally adopted children. Adoptive parents from Hague Convention countries will no longer be required to have their child/ren be vaccinated in-country but will be allowed to rely on an immunization affidavit. The act also allows for the concurrent adoption of older siblings aged 16 to 18 when their younger brothers or sisters are being adopted to the United States. We salute this achievement and would like especially to thank Senators Amy Klobuchar, Mary Landrieu and James Inhofe and Representatives Zoe Lofgren and Lamar Smith for all that they did to ensure passage of this important piece of legislation.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-1376
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So so so happy for you all in the US. So many families paved the way for this new Act.
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