[113th Congress Public Law 74]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



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Public Law 113-74
113th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 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. <<NOTE: Jan. 16, 2014 -  [S. 1614]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Accuracy for 
Adoptees Act. 8 USC 1101 note.>> 
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.''.

    Approved January 16, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1614:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 159 (2013):
            Dec. 19, considered and passed Senate.
            Dec. 23, considered and passed House.

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