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"(2) with respect to all children accepted by him for care, place them in private families either without expense or with reimbursement for the cost of care, or in appropriate cases to place them in private families under an adoption subsidy agreement concluded under section 3 of this Act (D.C. Code, sec. 3 115) or to place them in institutions willing to receive them either without expense or with reimbursement for the cost of care; and " (3) consent to, arrange for or initiate court proceedings for the adoption of all children committed to the care of the Commissioner whose parents have been permanently deprived of custody by court order, or whose parents have relinquished a child to the Commissioner or to a licensed child-placing agency which has transferred the relinquishment to the Commissioner under section 6 of the Act entitled 'An Act to regulate the placing of children in family homes, and for other purposes', approved April 22, 1944 (D.C. Code, sec. 32-786).". SEC. 2. (a) Section 3 0 7 (b)(1)(D) of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code is amended by inserting immediately after "should have knowledge" the following: ", including the existence and terms of a tentative adoption subsidy agreement entered into prior to the filing of the adoption petition under section 3 of the Act of July 26, 1892 (D.C. Code, sec. 3-115)". (b) Section 309(b) of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: " I n determining whether the petitioner will be able to give the prospective adoptee a proper home and education, the court shall give due consideration to any assurance by the Commissioner that he will provide or contribute funds for the necessary maintenance or medical care of the prospective adoptee under an adoption subsidy agreement under section 3 of the Act of July 26, 1892 (D.C. Code, sec. 3-115).". SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect at the end of the ninety-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Approved January 2, 1974.

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Public Law 93-242 AN ACT

To implement the shrimp fishing agreement with Brazil, and for other purposes.

January 2, 1974 [H. R. 8529]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may offshore shrimp be cited as the "Offshore Shrimp Fisheries Act of 1973". f g ^ " ' " ^""^ "^ DEFINITIONS

SEC. 2. When used in this Act— (a) the term "treaty" shall mean the Agreement Between the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Shrimp, signed on May 9, 1972, including related annexes, notes, and agreed

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