View all text of Subchapter II [§ 14921 - § 14925]

§ 14925. Universal accreditation requirements
(a) In general
(b) Effective date
(c) Transition rule
This 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.
(Pub. L. 112–276, § 2, Jan. 14, 2013, 126 Stat. 2466.)