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 PUBLIC LAW 104-235—OCT. 3, 1996 110 STAT. 3091 "(6) study the nature, scope, and effects of the placement of children in kinship care arrangements, pre-adoptive, or adoptive homes;"; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (6), the following new paragraph: "(7) study the efficacy of States contracting with public or private nonprofit agencies (including community-based and other organizations), or sectarian institutions for the recruitment of potential adoptive and foster families and to provide assistance in the placement of children for adoption;"; and (3) in subsection (d)(2)— (A) by striking "Each" and inserting "(A) Each"; (B) by striking "for each fiscal year" and inserting "that describes the manner in which the State will use funds during the 3 fiscal years subsequent to the date of the application to accomplish the purposes of this section. Such application shall be"; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(B) The Secretary shall provide, directly or by grant to or Grants. contract with public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations— Contracts. "(i) technical assistance and resource and referral information to assist State or local governments with termination of parental rights issues, in recruiting and retaining adoptive families, in the successful placement of children with special needs, and in the provision of pre- and post-placement services, including post-legal adoption services; and "(ii) other assistance to help State and local governments replicate successful adoption-related projects from other areas in the United States.". SEC. 213. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Section 205 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5115) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking "$10,000,000" and all that follows through "203(c)(1)" and inserting "$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1997, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1998 through 2001 to carry out programs and activities authorized"; (2) by striking subsection (b); and (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). Subtitle C—Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 SEC. 221. PRIORITY REQUIREMENT. Section 101 of the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(h) PRIORITY REQUIREMENT.—In making grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to applicants located in States that have developed and implemented procedures for expedited termination of parental rights and placement for adoption of infants determined to be abandoned under State law.".

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