114 STAT. 844 PUBLIC LAW 106-279—OCT. 6, 2000 42 USC 14901 SEC. 505. EFFECTIVE DATES; TRANSITION RULE. (a) EFFECTIVE DATES. — (1) PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.— Sections 2, 3, 101 through 103, 202 through 205, 401(a), 403, 503, and 505(a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) PROVISIONS EFFECTIVE UPON THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CONVENTION.— Subject to subsection (b), the provisions of this Act not specified in paragraph (1) shall take effect upon the entry into force of the Convention for the United States pursuant to Article 46(2)(a) of the Convention. (b) TRANSITION RULE. —The Convention and this Act shall not apply— (1) in the case of a child immigrating to the United States, if the application for advance processing of an orphan petition or petition to classify an orphan as an immediate relative for the child is filed before the effective date described in subsection (a)(2); or (2) in the case of a child emigrating from the United States, if the prospective adoptive parents of the child initiated the adoption process in their country of residence with the filing of an appropriate application before the effective date described in subsection (a)(2). Approved October 6, 2000. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2909: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-691, Pt. 1 (Comm. on International Relations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): July 18, considered and passed House. July 27, considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 18, House conciured in Senate amendment with an amendment. Sept. 20, Senate concurred in House amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 36 (2000): Oct. 6, Presidential statement.
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