ADOPT Act of 2025
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Summary
The ADOPT Act of 2025 amends federal criminal law to prohibit unlicensed adoption intermediaries from providing adoption services, placing adoption advertisements, or making unauthorized payments to birth parents in connection with private domestic interstate adoptions. The bill creates federal criminal offenses with penalties of up to 5 years imprisonment and $50,000 fines for individuals, and $100,000 fines for organizations, while exempting licensed child-placing agencies, attorneys, and certain nonprofit organizations. The law applies when the conduct involves interstate or foreign commerce and takes effect 120 days after enactment.
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