Calling on the United States and Russia to continue cooperation in securing safe and loving homes for unparented children.

appeals to the Russian Government to allow the adoptions initiated before January 1, 2013, to proceed to conclusion;

invites the Government of Russia to continue participation in the bilateral adoption agreement that went into force November 1, 2012;

expresses deep sadness over the untimely and tragic deaths in the United States of 19 adopted Russian children and over the other cases of abuse;

celebrates the tens of thousands of loving, safe United States families who have opened their homes and hearts to Russian children;

affirms the extensive work of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the United States Department of State to create safeguards against future abuse through the bilateral adoption agreement that went into force November 1, 2012; and

urges Federal, State, and local governments and adoptive families to accommodate official inquiries into the well-being of adopted Russian children and to comply with all adoption requirements delineated by the bilateral agreement, including the monitoring of the child’s living conditions and upbringing, the submission of corresponding reports, and registration of the child with the Russian consulate.