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On the recordMay 9, 1996
I rise in support of the $5,000 adoption credit. The legislation provides that qualified adoption expenses are reasonable and necessary adoption fees, court costs, attorneys fees, and other expenses that are directly related to the legal adoption of an eligible child. Is it your understanding that the legislation that qualified adoption expenses includes any reasonable and necessary expenses required by the State where the expenses occur as a condition of the adoption?
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the $5,000 adoption credit and its definition of qualified adoption expenses.

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