HR 3386 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Accuracy for Adoptees Act

Introduced Oct 30, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Lamar Smith R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 9, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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. IntroducedOct 30, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Accuracy for Adoptees Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that a certificate of citizenship or other federal document issued, or requested to be amended, 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 U.S. state of residence after the child has been adopted or readopted in that state.

Cosponsors 31

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 30, 2013 to Dec 12, 2013, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAKaren BassOriginalOct 30, 2013
R-ILAaron SchockDec 12, 2013
D-CAAdam B. SchiffDec 12, 2013
R-OHBill JohnsonDec 12, 2013
R-PABill ShusterDec 12, 2013
D-ILCheri BustosDec 12, 2013
R-NYChris CollinsDec 12, 2013
R-UTChris StewartDec 12, 2013
R-CAEdward R. RoyceDec 12, 2013
R-MIFred UptonDec 12, 2013
D-CTJames A. HimesDec 12, 2013
D-CAJared HuffmanDec 12, 2013
R-SCJoe WilsonDec 12, 2013
D-CTJohn B. LarsonDec 12, 2013
R-ILJohn ShimkusDec 12, 2013
Show all 31 cosponsors

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 9, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  2. Oct 30, 2013Introduced in House
  3. Oct 30, 2013Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1614Accuracy for Adoptees ActIdentical billJan 16, 2014

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 30, 2013Introduced in House

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