A resolution to direct the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Secretary of State (S. Ct.).
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Latest Action · July 16, 2014
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4568-4569; text as passed Senate: CR S4559)
Directs the Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the Senate in the case of Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Secretary of State, to defend the constitutionality of specified requirements in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, FY2003 with respect to the record of place of birth as Israel for purposes of the registration of birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of a passport of a U.S. citizen born in Jerusalem.
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