[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1376 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1376

To restore immunization and sibling age exemptions for children adopted 
 by United States citizens under the Hague Convention on Intercountry 
       Adoption to allow their admission into the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2009

Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Feingold, and 
  Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To restore immunization and sibling age exemptions for children adopted 
 by United States citizens under the Hague Convention on Intercountry 
       Adoption to allow their admission into the United States.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATION DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENT.

    Section 212(a)(1)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ``section 
101(b)(1)(F),'' and inserting ``subparagraph (F) or (G) of section 
101(b)(1);''.

SEC. 2. SIBLING ADOPTIONS.

    Section 101(b)(1)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(G)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(iii) subject to the same provisos as in clause 
                (i), if the child--
                            ``(I) is a natural sibling of a child 
                        described in clause (i), subparagraph (E)(i), 
                        or subparagraph (F)(i);
                            ``(II) has been adopted abroad, or is 
                        coming to the United States for adoption, by 
                        the adoptive parent (or prospective adoptive 
                        parent) or parents of the sibling described in 
                        clause (i), subparagraph (E)(i), or 
                        subparagraph (F)(i); and
                            ``(III) is otherwise described in clause 
                        (i), except that the child is younger than 18 
                        years of age at the time a petition is filed on 
                        his or her behalf for classification as an 
                        immediate relative under section 201(b).''.
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