12-12-04 @ 1145 EST
As a follow-up to the message sent yesterday regarding this subject, the
Senate Bill S. 2845 has
three suffixes to it. The one of specific interest is at this URL:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c108:3:./temp/~c1081PECkY::
Scrolling down to Section 3061 - Definitions, will take you to the area
where the additional suggested
definition be added: Sec. 3061(b)(1)(A)
(i i i ) - "who is alive on the date that
access to their birth certificate is re
New Bill Will Close Records to Genealogists
HR10, which was mentioned in the 13 October issue of RootsWeb Review,
has passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives and is now part of
S.2845. The amendments suggested by David Rencher in his letter to the
bill's sponsor, Congressman J. Dennis Hastert, were NOT incorporated
into this legislation. Thus, the terms of HR10 will now be considered
by
the Senate, as part of S.2845.
If S.2845 becomes law, as now written, family historians will face