Sec. 2. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— prospective adoptive parents should receive high-quality services from experienced providers for their child background studies and home studies; the number of accredited adoption service providers is declining in the United States, leading to fewer options of accredited service providers; some foreign countries, primary providers and many adoptive families have a preference that only accredited adoption service providers conduct intercountry home studies and post adoption reporting; accreditation and approval ensures compliance with standards and requires accrediting entities to provide oversight, enforcement, and data and report collection for accredited and approved adoption service providers; and United States intercountry adoption practices can be enhanced by supporting an accreditation system that includes a new, limited accreditation option for the provision of a background study on a child or a home study on a prospective adoptive parent, in addition to current, comprehensive, mandatory accreditation for primary providers.