ADOPT Act of 2025

This bill would create a new federal crime for providing paid adoption matching services, known as intermediary services, unless the provider is a public child-placing agency, a licensed private agency, a contracted nonprofit, a state-licensed attorney, or an accredited intercountry adoption provider. It would also make it a crime for others to place paid adoption advertisements. It would bar anyone outside those groups from giving a placing parent more than $2,500 in money or services tied to a birth and adoption before the parent consults a licensed agency or attorney. Penalties would be a $50,000 fine, up to 5 years in prison, or both per violation for individuals, and a $100,000 fine per violation for organizations. The law would take effect 120 days after enactment.

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Sponsors

• Amy Klobuchar Democrat sponsor
• 9 cosponsors