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S. 1614: Accuracy for Adoptees Act

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Date Senator Action
2013-10-30/ 12:00:00 AM John Barrasso Cosponsor
2013-10-30/ 12:00:00 AM Roy Blunt Cosponsor
2013-10-30/ 12:00:00 AM Michael Enzi Cosponsor
2013-10-30/ 12:00:00 AM Mary Landrieu Cosponsor
2013-10-30/ 12:00:00 AM Marco Rubio Cosponsor
2013-10-30/ 12:00:00 AM David Vitter Cosponsor
2013-10-31/ 12:00:00 AM Jeff Flake Cosponsor
2013-11-04/ 12:00:00 AM John Boozman Cosponsor
2013-11-14/ 12:00:00 AM Mark Kirk Cosponsor
2013-10-30/ 12:00:00 AM Amy Klobuchar Introduced
Full title:
A bill to require Certificates of Citizenship and other Federal documents to reflect name and date of birth determinations made by a State court and for other purposes.

Text:

S 1614 IS

113th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1614

To require Certificates of Citizenship and other Federal documents to reflect name and date of birth determinations made by a State court and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 30, 2013

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. ENZI, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. VITTER, and Mr. RUBIO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary


A BILL

To require Certificates of Citizenship and other Federal documents to reflect name and date of birth determinations made by a State court and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the `Accuracy for Adoptees Act'.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF STATE COURT DETERMINATIONS OF NAME AND BIRTH DATE.

    Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    `(c) A Certificate of Citizenship or other Federal document issued or requested to be amended under this section shall reflect the child's name and date of birth as indicated on a State court order, birth certificate, certificate of foreign birth, certificate of birth abroad, or similar State vital records document issued by the child's State of residence in the United States after the child has been adopted or readopted in that State.'.