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" <[email protected]> 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! ------------------------------