HR 4561 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the treatment of adopted children.

Introduced Jun 14, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Zoe Lofgren D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 28, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 14, 2004
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow foreign children adopted while under age 18 for whom adoption proceedings were initiated while they were under the age of 16 (currently, children adopted while under age 16) to be treated as children for immigration and naturalization purposes.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 14, 2004 to Sep 7, 2004; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalJun 14, 2004
R-MIDave CampOriginalJun 14, 2004
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalJun 14, 2004
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJun 14, 2004
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJun 14, 2004
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJun 14, 2004
R-OHRob PortmanOriginalJun 14, 2004
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 14, 2004
D-NJDonald M. PayneJun 18, 2004
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanJun 18, 2004
D-WAJim McDermottJun 18, 2004
D-MOKaren McCarthyJun 18, 2004
D-NYMajor R. OwensJun 18, 2004
D-NYMichael R. McNultyJun 18, 2004
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyJun 18, 2004
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaJun 18, 2004
R-TXRon PaulJun 18, 2004
D-CASam FarrJun 18, 2004
R-INMark E. SouderJun 24, 2004
D-OHDennis J. KucinichJun 25, 2004
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyJul 9, 2004
D-MIDale E. KildeeJul 9, 2004
D-FLRobert WexlerJul 9, 2004
D-FLPeter DeutschSep 7, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jun 14, 2004
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Jun 28, 2004

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 28, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
  2. Jun 14, 2004Introduced in House
  3. Jun 14, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1105)
  4. Jun 14, 2004Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E1105Zoe Lofgren D-CAJun 14, 2004

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the treatment of adopted children.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 14, 2004Introduced in House

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