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S 3091 111th Congress Senate

Adoption Fairness Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from charging a fee for a Certificate of Citizenship for a f… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from charging a fee for a Certificate of Citizenship for a foreign-born child adopted within the United States and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 9, 2010 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Immigration Adoption and foster careCitizenship and naturalizationUser charges and fees
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 9, 2010
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Adoption Fairness Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from charging a fee for the issuance of a Certificate of Citizenship for a child who is adopted by a U.S.-citizen parent and who is eligible for automatic citizenship regardless of whether the child's adoption was finalized in the United States or in a foreign country.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement measures to facilitate the timely issuance of such Certificates; and (2) report to Congress regarding recommendations to streamline the Certificate process.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3091: Adoption Fairness Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3091/
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"S. 3091: Adoption Fairness Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3091/.
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S. 3091, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3091/.
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