[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 181 (Thursday, December 19, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S9069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       ACCURACY FOR ADOPTEES ACT

  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 1614, and the 
Senate proceed to its consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1614) to 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. PRYOR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1614) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1614

       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 ``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.''.

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