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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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106TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 106-383
AMENDING THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT TO PROVIDE THAT
AN ADOPTED ALIEN WHO IS LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE MAY BE CON-
SIDERED A CHILD UNDER SUCH ACT IF ADOPTED WITH OR AFTER A SIB-
LING WHO IS A CHILD UNDER SUCH ACT
OCTOBER 14, 1999.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2886]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 2886) amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to pro-
vide that an adopted alien who is less than 18 years of age may
be considered a child under such act if adopted with or after a sib-
ling who is a child under such Act, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary ........................................................................... 2
Background and Need for the Legislation ....................................... ....... 2
H earings ................................................................................................... 2
Committee Consideration ....................................................................... . 2
Committee Oversight Findings .............................................................. . 3
Committee on Government Reform Findings .................................. ...... 3
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ........................................ 3
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .................................... ...... 3
Constitutional Authority Statement ................................................. ..... . 4
Section-by-Section Analysis and Discussion ................................... ...... 4
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ....................... 4
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