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House
Resolution
14
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
14
BY
DUNWELL
,
LOHSE
,
WELDON
,
LAWLER
,
LATHAM
,
GEARHART
,
SIEGRIST
,
INGELS
,
THOMPSON
,
BLOM
,
GERHOLD
,
YOUNG
,
KNIFF
MCCULLA
,
BARKER
,
MOMMSEN
,
SMITH
,
KONFRST
,
MATSON
,
NIELSEN
,
JAMES
,
ZABNER
,
JUDGE
,
SRINIVAS
,
and
WICHTENDAHL
A
Resolution
calling
upon
the
President
of
the
United
1
States
and
the
United
States
Congress
to
support
2
efforts
to
naturalize
certain
legally
adopted
3
children
who
were
born
outside
the
United
States.
4
WHEREAS,
the
state
of
Iowa
has
a
long
history
of
5
welcoming
children
through
international
adoptions;
and
6
WHEREAS,
all
Iowans
benefit
from
removing
barriers
7
to
United
States
citizenship
for
adoptees
who
were
born
8
outside
the
United
States;
and
9
WHEREAS,
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
of
2000,
Pub.
L.
10
No.
106-395,
provided
automatic
citizenship
or
a
simple
11
path
to
citizenship
for
certain
children
who
were
born
12
outside
the
United
States,
including
children
legally
13
adopted
by
a
United
States
citizen
(adoptees);
and
14
WHEREAS,
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
did
not
provide
15
citizenship
to
adoptees
who
were
over
eighteen
years
16
of
age
at
the
time
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
became
17
effective,
and
as
a
result,
a
significant
number
of
18
adoptees
remain
without
citizenship
and
are
potentially
19
subject
to
deportation
despite
being
raised
by
United
20
States
citizens;
and
21
WHEREAS,
dozens
of
adoptees
have
been
deported
22
because
they
are
not
citizens,
breaking
up
families
and
23
returning
the
adoptees
to
lands
to
which
the
adoptees
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14
have
no
cultural
or
social
ties,
including
Argentina,
1
Brazil,
China,
Colombia,
Costa
Rica,
Germany,
El
2
Salvador,
India,
Ireland,
Haiti,
Iran,
Japan,
Mexico,
3
Panama,
the
Philippines,
Russia,
South
Korea,
St.
4
Kitts,
Taiwan,
Ukraine,
and
Vietnam;
and
5
WHEREAS,
adoptees
who
are
unable
to
obtain
United
6
States
citizenship
face
numerous
challenges,
including
7
barriers
to
banking
services,
voting,
passports,
8
driver’s
licenses,
social
security
or
disability
9
benefits,
financial
aid
for
postsecondary
education,
10
and
entry
into
the
armed
forces;
and
11
WHEREAS,
Congress
has
been
working
to
pass
the
12
Adoptee
Citizenship
Act
which
would
grant
citizenship
13
to
adoptees
who
were
eighteen
years
of
age
or
14
older
on
the
date
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
became
15
effective;
and
16
WHEREAS,
passage
of
the
Adoptee
Citizenship
Act
17
will
result
in
the
naturalization
of
many
adoptees
18
who
were
brought
to
the
United
States
as
children
19
under
the
promise
of
finding
a
permanent
home,
and
the
20
expectation
of
United
States
citizenship;
and
21
WHEREAS,
efforts
to
provide
citizenship
to
adoptees
22
who
were
excluded
from
the
Child
Citizenship
Act
have
23
seen
bipartisan
support
in
Congress
and
have
received
24
widespread
praise
from
the
country’s
leading
adoption
25
advocacy
organizations;
NOW
THEREFORE,
26
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
27
the
House
of
Representatives
calls
upon
the
President
28
of
the
United
States
and
the
United
States
Congress
29
to
support
efforts,
including
passage
of
the
Adoptee
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Citizenship
Act,
to
provide
citizenship
to
adoptees
1
who
were
born
outside
the
United
States
and
who
were
2
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older
on
the
date
the
Child
3
Citizenship
Act
became
effective.
4
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
copies
of
this
5
resolution
be
distributed
to
the
President
of
6
the
United
States,
the
President
of
the
Senate
7
of
the
United
States,
the
Speaker
of
the
House
of
8
Representatives
of
the
United
States,
the
chairs
and
9
ranking
members
of
the
Committee
on
the
Judiciary
10
for
the
United
States
Senate
and
the
Committee
11
on
the
Judiciary
for
the
United
States
House
of
12
Representatives,
and
to
each
member
of
Iowa’s
13
congressional
delegation.
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