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United States Congress
106th Congress - S. 1485
Bill Summary & Status

S.1485
Sponsor: Sen Nickles, Don (introduced 8/4/1999)
Related Bills: H.R.2883
Latest Major Action: 10/29/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer United States citizenship automatically and retroactively on certain foreign-born children adopted by citizens of the United States.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions) (Floor Actions/Congressional Record Page References)
8/4/1999:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
10/21/1999:
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
10/21/1999:
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Hatch without amendment. Without written report.
10/21/1999:
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 337.
10/26/1999:
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
10/27/1999 10:04am:
Received in the House.
10/27/1999:
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
10/27/1999:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
10/29/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:  (additional related bills may be indentified in Status)

AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(24), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Abraham, Spencer - 10/8/1999Sen Ashcroft, John - 8/4/1999
Sen Bond, Christopher S. - 8/4/1999Sen Brownback, Sam - 8/4/1999
Sen Chafee, John H. - 8/4/1999Sen Cochran, Thad - 8/4/1999
Sen Craig, Larry E. - 8/4/1999Sen DeWine, Michael - 8/4/1999
Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 10/7/1999Sen Edwards, John - 8/4/1999
Sen Grams, Rod - 10/21/1999Sen Grassley, Charles E. - 8/4/1999
Sen Hollings, Ernest F. - 8/4/1999Sen Inhofe, James M. - 8/4/1999
Sen Johnson, Tim - 10/21/1999Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 8/4/1999
Sen Kerry, John F. - 7/10/2000Sen Landrieu, Mary L. - 8/4/1999
Sen Levin, Carl - 8/4/1999Sen Lott, Trent - 8/4/1999
Sen Rockefeller IV, John D. - 8/4/1999Sen Sarbanes, Paul S. - 10/7/1999
Sen Smith, Gordon - 8/4/1999Sen Torricelli, Robert G. - 9/9/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
8/4/1999--Introduced.

Adopted Orphans Citizenship Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the acquisition of U.S. citizenship (as of the date of birth) by certain foreign-born children adopted by a U.S. citizen parent or parents.




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