42 U.S.C. § 673a

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 673a - Interstate compacts

The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall take all possible steps to encourage and assist the various States to enter into interstate compacts (which are hereby approved by the Congress) under which the interests of any adopted child with respect to whom an adoption assistance agreement has been entered into by a State under section 673 of this title will be adequately protected, on a reasonable and equitable basis which is approved by the Secretary, if and when the child and his or her adoptive parent (or parents) move to another State.

42 U.S.C. § 673a

Pub. L. 96-272, title I, §101(a)(4)(B), June 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 512.

EDITORIAL NOTES

CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, and not as part of the Social Security Act which comprises this chapter.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

CHANGE OF NAME"Secretary of Health and Human Services" substituted in text for "Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96-88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.

Secretary

The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.