Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HCR7: A Concurrent Resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States
Status: Introduced, March 12, 2025
A Concurrent Resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States.
What the bill says
A Concurrent Resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States.
From the introduced text, March 12, 2025:
A Concurrent Resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States. WHEREAS, the state of Iowa has a long history of welcoming children through international adoptions; and WHEREAS, all Iowans benefit from removing barriers to United States citizenship for adoptees who were born outside the United States; and WHEREAS, the Child Citizenship Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-395, provided automatic citizenship or a simple path to citizenship for certain children who were born outside the United States, including children legally adopted by a United States citizen (adoptees); and WHEREAS, the Child Citizenship Act did not provide citizenship to adoptees who were over eighteen years of age at the time the Child Citizenship Act became effective, and as a result, a significant number of adoptees remain without citizenship and are potentially subject to deportation despite being raised by United States citizens; and WHEREAS, dozens of adoptees have been deported because they are not citizens, breaking up families and LSB 2516HH (5) -1- dg/ko 1/3 H.C.R. returning the adoptees to lands to which the adoptees have no cultural or social ties, including Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, El Salvador, India, Ireland, Haiti, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Panama, the Philippines, …
Sponsors
- Jon Dunwell (R, 38) · primary sponsor
- Brian Lohse (R, 45)
- Ryan Weldon (R, 41)
- Judd Lawler (R, 91)
- Shannon Latham (R, 55)
- Jason Gearhart (R, 64)
- Brent Siegrist (R, 19)
- Chad Ingels (R, 68)
- Mark Thompson (R, 56)
- David Blom (R, 52)
- Thomas Gerhold (R, 84)
- David Young (R, 28)
Latest actions
- : Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 639 .
Common questions
- What is HCR7?
- HCR7 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A Concurrent Resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States.
- What does HCR7 do?
- In its own words: A Concurrent Resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States.
- What is the status of HCR7?
- Introduced as of March 12, 2025. Latest action: Resolution filed, laid over under Rule 25. H.J. 639 . (March 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored HCR7?
- Jon Dunwell (R, 38), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HCR7?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HCR+0007&ga=91
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