; (2) by striking subsection (a); and (3) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking (b) Purpose.— ; (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting sexual and gender minority youth after particularly older children, minority children, ; and (C) in paragraph (1), by inserting services and, after post-legal adoption . 302. Report and guidance on unregulated custody transfers The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 ( 42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 the following: 202. Report and guidance on unregulated custody transfers (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that: (1) Some adopted children may be at risk of experiencing an unregulated custody transfer because the challenges associated with adoptions (including the child’s mental health needs and the difficulties many families face in acquiring support services) may lead families to seek out unregulated custody transfers. (2) Some adopted children experience trauma, and the disruption and placement in another home by unregulated custody transfer creates additional trauma and instability for children. (3) Children who experience an unregulated custody transfer may be placed with families who have not completed required child welfare or criminal background checks or clearances. (4) Social services agencies and courts are often unaware of the placement of children through unregulated custody transfer and therefore do not conduct assessments on the child’s safety and well-being in such placements. (5) Such lack of placement oversight places a child at risk for future abuse and increases the chance that the child may experience— (A) abuse or neglect; (B) contact with unsafe adults or youth