The Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) as amended by The Interethnic Adoption Provisions (IEP) of 1996 removed and revised language that is potentially confusing from MEPA and specified discrimination is not to be accepted. The IEP was presented as a solution to the controversy about the best interests of the child, transracial adoption, same-race placements, and permanency for children. In addition, IEP specified and required a State Plan of withholding federal funds from states and foster/adoption organizations and gave individuals the right to file complaints in federal court in violation of the Act. Although this legislation, may be viewed as a marked improvement by Congress, minority children descent of African Americans, Native Americans,