Accuracy for Adoptees Act Public Law 113–74 Accuracy for Adoptees Act 74 113–74 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel 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. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Accuracy for Adoptees Act 10844 113 2014-01-16 Accuracy for Adoptees Act [(Public Law 113–74)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 113-74. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [8 U.S.C. 1101] 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.” .