Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1413
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 16-37-5.
Synopsis: Interstate compact on citizen birth records. Enacts an
interstate compact requiring the member states to make a distinction in
the birth certificates, certifications of live birth, or other birth records
issued in the member states, between persons born in the member
states who are born subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and
persons who are not born subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States. Provides that the compact does not go into effect until approved
by the Congress under Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the United
States Constitution.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Statutory Committee on Interstate and
International Cooperation.
Introduced
First Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2011)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1413
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
health.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 16-37-5; (11)IN1413.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 16-37-5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS
A
NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2011]:
Chapter 5. Interstate Compact on Citizen Birth Records
Sec. 1. "Subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" has the
meaning that it bears in Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution of the United States, namely that the person is
a child of at least one (1) parent who owes no allegiance to any
foreign sovereignty, or a child without citizenship or nationality in
any foreign country. For the purposes of this compact, a person
who "owes no allegiance to any foreign sovereignty" is a United
States citizen or national, or an immigrant accorded the privilege
of residing permanently in the United States, or a person without
citizenship or nationality in any foreign country.
Sec. 2. The signatories to this compact shall make a distinction
in the birth certificates, certifications of live birth, or other birth
records issued in the signatory states, between persons born in the
signatory states who are born subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States and persons who are not born subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States. Persons born subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States shall be designated as
"natural-born United States Citizens".
Sec. 3. This compact does not take effect until Congress has
given its consent under Article 1, Section 10, Clause 3 of the
Constitution of the United States.