{"data":{"id":"us/42-u.s.c.-14925","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 U.S.C. § 14925","heading":"Universal accreditation requirements","body":"(a) In generalThe provisions of title II and section 404 of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14901 et seq.[, 42 U.S.C. 14944]), 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, 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[(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 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 dateThe provisions of this section shall take effect 18 months after January 14, 2013. (c) Transition ruleThis Act shall not apply to a person offering or providing adoption services as described in subsection (a) in the case of a prospective adoption in which—(1) an application for advance processing of an orphan petition or petition to classify an orphan as an immediate relative for a child is filed before the date that is 180 days after January 14, 2013; or (2) the prospective adoptive parents of a child have initiated the adoption process with the filing of an appropriate application in a foreign country sufficient such that the Secretary of State is satisfied before the date that is 180 days after January 14, 2013.","path":["Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 143—INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc42@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T06:00:34Z","sha256":"7a6d63c07a25d725e0270d688514dc49d13a98a39ee54d85970435c5f3ef106f","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-u.s.c.-14924","next":"us/42-u.s.c.-14931"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}