Sec. 5. GAO report
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Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Congress a written report on— how children are advertised online for adoption, the number of children so advertised, what happens to children so advertised, the reasons why children are so advertised, and the resources available to the government to combat the advertising; how home studies of prospective parents vary, depending on whether the adoption is private, domestic, or international; how the type and amount of pre-adoptive training prospective parents receive varies; the availability of quality support for families to meet the post-adoption emotional and behavioral challenges faced by children; and the reasons for adoption disruptions and dissolutions, and for the sending of adopted children to live with new families without notice to the appropriate authorities.