[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3091 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3091

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary 
    of Homeland Secretary from charging a fee for a Certificate of 
 Citizenship for a foreign-born child adopted within the United States 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary 
    of Homeland Secretary from charging a fee for a Certificate of 
 Citizenship for a foreign-born child adopted within the United States 
                        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 ``Adoption Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEES FOR CERTIFICATES OF CITIZENSHIP FOR ADOPTED 
              CHILDREN.

    Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not charge a fee for 
the issuance of a Certificate of Citizenship for a child who is adopted 
by a United States citizen parent and who is eligible for automatic 
citizenship under subsection (b), regardless of whether the child's 
adoption was finalized in the United States or in a foreign country.
    ``(d) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement all 
reasonable measures to facilitate the timely issuance of a Certificate 
of Citizenship for a child who is adopted by a United States citizen 
parent and who is eligible for automatic citizenship under subsection 
(b).''.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF CITIZENSHIP.

    Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress a 
report--
            (1) on the Secretary's process for issuing Certificates of 
        Citizenship for children who are eligible for automatic 
        citizenship under section 320(b) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431(b)); and
            (2) that includes the recommendations of the Secretary to 
        streamline, simplify, and expedite the process to ensure the 
        timely and efficient provision of such Certificates of 
        Citizenship.
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