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• A Practical Guide to the Indian Child Welfare Act (online edition, 2011), by Native American Rights Fund (HTML and PDF with commentary at narf.org)
• The Immigration of adopted and prospective adoptive children (The Service, 1990), by United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight hearing on Model State Adoption Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 1980. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1981), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight hearings on Title I--Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, hearings held in Washington, D.C., on December 2 and 4, 1980. (U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight on Adoption Reform Act (Public Law 95-266) : hearing before the Subcommittee on Child and Human Development of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on oversight on Adoption Reform Act (Public Law 95-266), April 17, 1980. (U.S. G.P.O., 1980), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Child and Human Development (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amendments to the foster care and adoption assistance program : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, on H.R. 2810 ... and H.R. 2894 ... September 19, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1986), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Immigration of adopted and prospective adoptive children (The Service (425 I St., NW, Washington 20536), 2000), by United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Child protection oversight : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, April 22, 1999. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2003), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adoption Promotion and Stability Act of 1996 : report together with supplemental views (to accompany H.R. 3286) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office) part 1 ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1996), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means (page images at HathiTrust)
• Replanteamiento de las prácticas de bienestar infantil según la ley ASFA de 1997 (Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997). (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau, 2000), by United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Providing for consideration of HR 622, Hope for Children Act (U.S. G.P.O., 2001), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hope for Children Act : report (to accompany H. Res. 347) (U.S. G.P.O., 2002), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)
• Implementation of the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing on the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption, and Family Services Act of 1988 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, May 9, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Child welfare reform : hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, on S. 511, S. 742, H.R. 867, May 21, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1999), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adoption in America, 1981 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Aging, Family, and Human Services of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session, on a bill to examine the progress that has been made in the adoption procedures in America, July 23, 1981. (U.S. G.P.O., 1981), by Family United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Encouraging adoption : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, February 27, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• HR 867, the "Adoption Promotion Act of 1997" (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Indian Child Welfare Act: existing information on implementation issues could be used to target guidance and assistance to states: report to congressional requesters (The Office, 2005), by United States Government Accountability Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Indian Child Welfare Act. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Indian Child Welfare Act : joint hearing before the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, and the Committee on Resources, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session on S. 569 and H.R. 1082 ... June 18, 1997, Washington, DC. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amending the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, and for other purposes : report (to accompany S. 569). ([U.S. G.P.O.], 1997), by United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adoption Promotion Act of 1997 : report (to accompany H.R. 867) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1997), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means (page images at HathiTrust)
• Amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may be considered a child under such act if adopted with or after a sibling who is a child under such act : report (to accompany H.R. 2886) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 1999), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hope for Children Act : report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 622) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2001), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means (page images at HathiTrust)
• To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on H.R. 1904 ... hearing held in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1983), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adoption and foster care, 1975 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1975), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Children and Youth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal Employee Family-Building Act of 1987 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session on H.R. 2852 ... July 23, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Civil Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal Employee Family-Building Act of 1987 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Civil Service of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session on H.R. 2852 ... March 9, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Civil Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Implementation of the interethnic adoption amendments : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, September 15, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)
• Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption, and Family Services Act of 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adoption in the United States (Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 1972), by Jean Yavis and Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Act to Promote the Adoption of Children in Foster Care. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Anti-Fraudulent Adoption Practices Act of 1984 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, S. 2299 ... March 16, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1984), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)

• Public policy and state legislation governing permanence for children (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau, 1999), by Donald N. Duquette, Carolyn Payne Dean, Mark Hardin, and United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)

• Summaries of state laws pertaining to adoption of children (Council of State Governments, 1954), by Mollie Z. Margolin and Council of State Governments (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adoption laws in the United States : a summary of the development of adoption legislation and significant features of adoption statutes, with the text of selected laws (G.P.O., 1925), by Emelyn Foster Peck and United States Children's Bureau (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: Treaty Doc. 105-51 and its Implementing Legislation (1999), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (PDF at fdlp.gov)
• Alien adopted children : hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session ... June 15, 1977. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by Citizenship United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hague Convention on International Adoptions : status and framework for implementation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, November 14, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Global Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Africa (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 : report (to accompany H.R. 2909) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2000), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 : report (to accompany S. 682). (U.S. G.P.O., 2000), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption : report (to accompany Treaty doc. 105-51). (U.S. G.P.O., 2000), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• HR 2909, the Intercountry Adoption Act of 1999 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• International adoptions : problems and solutions : hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, May 22, 2002. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Act to Amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to Exempt Internationally Adopted Children 10 Years of Age or Younger from the Immunization Requirement in section 212(a)(1)(A)(ii) of Such Act. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)

• Implementation of the interethnic adoption amendments : hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, September 15, 1998. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources (page images at HathiTrust)

• Laws relating to adoptions and out-of-home care for children. (State of Calfornia, Human Relations Agency, Dept. of Social Welfare, 1969), by California and California. Dept. of Social Welfare (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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