Hi Everyone,
I thought I'd heard that this had already been enacted, but not according to the info
below as of 10/26. Read on......
Barb
X-Message: #2
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:29:50 -0500
From: "W. DeBusk" <debuskx2(a)brainerd.net>
Subject: Birth Records in US
Hello All,
I am sending this on in case some of you may not have seen it.
As part of Homeland Security, House Resolution 10 was written.
It
passed the House, is on a fast track, and is guaranteed to pass the
Senate.
This bill would forever close access to birth records, including
birth records that are over 100 years old.
I sent an e-mail to my Connecticut Senator. It wasnt hard. I
went to
Google and found his websight, which had places to "fill in the blanks".
" The Record Preservation and Access Committee (RPAC) needs
your help
on House Bill 10. As you may know, HB10 seeks to limit access to vital
records in order to protect each of us from identity theft. The way the
bill is
worded, it could limit however, our access to this information for
genealogical
purposes. The RPAC is recomending that the wording in the bill be
adjusted to:
Insert the following language as a new subsection
890A(b)(2)(E)
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (se Title 6, Section 606(a) of
S.2774):
"shal not require a State to change it's law or practice with respect
to public
access to (i) not-certified copies of birth certificates ot to (ii)
birth
certificates or birth records once a period of 100 years has elapsed
from the date
of creation of the certificate or record."
The combined Senate and House committee is meeting to
adjust the
launguage of the bill and the committee members need to hear from the
genealogical community. It is particularly helpful if you live in one
of the states
represented by the committee members. If not, contacting someone you
know in
that state to make their opinion known would be the next most helpful
thing you
could do"
Senate:
Collins (ME)
Lieberman (CT)
Lautenberg (NJ)
Levin (MI)
Lott (MS)
DeWine (OH)
Roberts (KS)
Rockefeller (WVA)
Durbin (IL)
Graham (FL)
Sununu (NH)
Voinovich (OH)
Coleman (MN)
House:
Hoekstra (MI)
Dreier (CA)
Hyde (IL)
Hunter (CA)
Sensenbrenner (WI)
Harmon (CA)
Skelton (MO)
Menendez (NJ)
Thank you for your support!
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