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 92 STAT. 208

Plan, submittal to President and Congress. 42 USC 5101. G>mpensation.

PUBLIC LAW 95-266—APR. 24, 1978 (3) striking out subsection (b) and subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsections: " (b) The Advisory B o a r d shall review the comprehensive plan submitted to it by the Center pursuant to section 2(b)(7), make such changes as it deems appropriate, and submit to the President and the Congress a final such plan not later than eighteen months after the effective date of this subsection. " (c) Members of the Advisory Board, other than those regularly employed by the Federal Government, while serving on business of the Advisory Board, shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not in excess of the daily ex^uivalent payable to a GS-18 employee under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, including travelt i m e; and, while so serving away from their homes or regular places of business, they may be allowed travel expenses (including per diem in lieu of subsistence) as authorized by section 5703 of such title for persons in the Government service employed intermittently.". TITLE II—ADOPTION OPPORTUNITIES n X D I N G S AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE

42 USC 5111.

SEC. 201. The Congress hereby finds that many thousands of children lemain in institutions or foster homes solely because of legal and other barriers to their placement in permanent, adoptive homes; that the majority of such children are of school age, handicapped, or b o t h; that adoption may be the best alternative for assuring the healthy development of such children; that there are qualified persons seeking to adopt such children who are unable to do so because of barriers to their placement; and that, in order both to enhance the stability and love of the child's home environment and to avoid Avasteful expenditures of public funds, such children should not be maintained in foster care or institutions when adoption is appropriate and families for them can be found. I t is, therefore, the purpose of t h i s title to facilitate the elimination of barriers to adoption and to provide permanent and loving home environments for children who would benefit by adoption, particularly children with special needs by— (1) promoting the establishment of model adoption legislation and procedures in the States and territories of the United States in order to eliminate jurisdictional and legal obstacles to adopt i o n; and (2) providing a mechanism for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to (A) promote quality standards for adoption services (including pre-placement, post-placement, and post-adoption counseling and standards to protect the rights of children i n need of a d o p t i o n), and (B) provide for a national adoption and foster care information data gathering and analysis system and a national adoption information exchange system to b r i n g together children who would benefit by adoption and qualified prospective adoptive parents who are seeking such children. MODEL ADOPTION LEGISLATION AND PROCEDURES

Publication in SEC. 202. (a) Not later than eighteen months after the date of Federal Register. enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel42 USC 5112. fare (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall issue, based on

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