3.0.0 3091 2023-01-11T13:16:14Z 2023-01-11T13:16:14Z Senate S S 2010-03-09 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-03-09T21:08:37Z 2010-03-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2010-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2010-03-09 True Immigration Adoption and foster care Citizenship and naturalization User charges and fees Immigration 00 2010-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-12T21:00:05Z Adoption Fairness Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from charging a fee for the issuance of a Certificate of Citizenship for a child who is adopted by a U.S.-citizen parent and who is eligible for automatic citizenship regardless of whether the child's adoption was finalized in the United States or in a foreign country.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement measures to facilitate the timely issuance of such Certificates; and (2) report to Congress regarding recommendations to streamline the Certificate process.

]]> Adoption Fairness Act Display Title Adoption Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from charging a fee for a Certificate of Citizenship for a foreign-born child adopted within the United States and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Adoption Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3091is/xml/BILLS-111s3091is.xml 2010-03-09 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.