---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch143/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Recognition of Convention Adoptions in the United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch143-schIII"
sections_count: 2
---

# Subchapter III — Recognition of Convention Adoptions in the United States

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 143 — Intercountry Adoptions

## Sections

- [§14931. Adoptions of children immigrating to the United States](/usc/42/14931.md)
- [§14932. Adoptions of children emigrating from the United States](/usc/42/14932.md)