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 PUBLIC LAW 99-509—OCT. 21, 1986

100 STAT. 2073

"(2) To the extent that all the funds appropriated under this title for a fiscal year are not otherwise allotted to States because some State allotments are offset under section 506(b)(2), such excess shall 42 USC 706. be allotted among the remaining States in proportion to the amount otherwise allotted to such States for the fiscal year without regard to this paragraph.". SEC. 9442. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND ADOPTION CLEARINGHOUSE.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish, Grants. either directly or by grant or contract, a National Adoption Informa- Contracts. 42 USC 679a. tion Clearinghouse. The Clearinghouse shall— (1) collect, compile, and maintain information obtained from noqmt available research, studies, and reports by public and private agencies, institutions, or individuals concerning all aspects of infant adoption and adoption of children with special needs; (2) compile, maintain, and periodically revise directories of Women. Education. information concerning— State and local (A) crisis pregnancy centers, governments. (B) shelters and residences for pregnant women, (C) training programs on adoption, (D) educational programs on adoption, (E) licensed adoption agencies, Bov (F) State laws relating to adoption, (G) intercountry adoption, and (H) any other information relating to adoption for pregnant women, infertile couples, adoptive parents, unmarried individuals who want to adopt children, individuals who have been adopted, birth parents who have placed a child for adoption, adoption agencies, social workers, counselors, or other individuals who work in the adoption field; (3) disseminate the information compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (1) and the directories compiled and maintained pursuant to paragraph (2); and (4) upon the establishment of an adoption and foster care data collection system pursuant to section 479 of the Social Security Act, disseminate the data and information made available Infra. through that system. SEC. 9443. COLLECTION OF DATA RELATING TO ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE.

Part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 1883(b)(10) of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: COLLECTION OF DATA RELATING TO ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE

"SEC. 479. (a)(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish an Advisory Committee on Adoption and Foster Care Information (in this section referred to as the 'Advisory Committee') to study the various methods of establishing, administering, and financing a system for the collection of data with respect to adoption and foster care in the United States. "(2) The study required by paragraph (1) shall— "(A) identify the types of data necessary to—

42 USC 679.

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