3.0.0 1359 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z Senate S S 2009-06-25 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-25T19:40:24Z FACE Act 111 3110 HR 2009-08-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. Identical bill CRS 2009-06-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2009-06-25 True B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2010-02-11 False Immigration Adoption and foster care Citizenship and naturalization Immigration status and procedures Immigration 00 2009-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-12T19:40:03Z Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act or the FACE Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to set forth automatic citizenship criteria for a child adopted outside the United States by a U.S. citizen parent.

Deems such an adopted child to be a U.S. citizen at birth.

Deems to be a U.S. citizen at birth, after the approval of an application filed within the United States or with a U.S. Embassy, a person who: (1) is older than 18 years of age; (2) was born outside the United States and was adopted by a U.S. citizen parent before such person reached 18 years of age; and (3) was adopted under 16 years of age and has lived with the adoptive parents for at least two years, was abused, or is an orphan who was under 16 years of age at the time an immediate relative status petition was filed on his or her behalf.

Includes within the definition of nonimmigrant an individual brought to the United States as a child to be adopted by a U.S. citizen.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the government of each foreign country from which children are adopted by U.S. citizens should provide the adoptive family with birth history documentation.


]]> FACE Act Display Title FACE Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide United States citizenship for children adopted from outside the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced FACE Act Short Titles as Introduced Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act Introduced in Senate 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1359is/xml/BILLS-111s1359is.xml 2009-06-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.