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The Intercountry Adoption Reform Act
(ICARE Act):� A bill to establish an Office of Intercountry Adoptions within the
Department of State, and to reform United States laws governing intercountry
adoptions; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
�Sponsored by Senators
Nickles, Landrieu, Craig, Bingaman, Inhofe and Smith.� Read the text of the
bill (number S.1934)�
Introduced November 12, 2003.
Update July 2004:� The ICARE Act is currently in committees in both
the House and the Senate.� As of 07/26/2004, there are 12
co-sponsors in the Senate and 16
co-sponsors in the House.��
Update December 2004:� The ICARE Act is reintroduced in the Senate
as bill S.3031
by Senator Nickles, co-sponsored by Senators Craig, Landrieu and
Inhofe.��
For more information, see www.PassICARE.com�
The Natural Born Citizen Act: (February 25,
2004)� A
bill to define the term "natural born Citizen" as used in the Constitution of
the United States to establish eligibility for the Office of President.�
Sponsored by Senator Nickles (OK), co-sponsored by Senator Inhofe (OK) and
Senator Landrieu (LA).� Clarifies that the term �natural born Citizen,�
as used in Article II of the United States Constitution, includes persons born
outside the United States who are adopted by 18 years of age by a US citizen
parent or parents who are otherwise eligible to transmit citizenship to a
biological child pursuant to an act of Congress. Referred to the Senate
Judiciary Committee on February 25, 2004.
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