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Sec. 9 · H.R. 4245

Issuance of passports and guarantee of citizenship to certain children born abroad

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(a) Sex identification markers For the purposes of any identity document issued by the Department that displays sex information, including passports and consular reports of birth abroad, the Secretary shall ensure (through appropriate regulation, manual, policy, form, or other updates) that an applicant for such a document may self-select the sex designation, including a nonbinary or neutral designation (such as X). (b) Guarantee of citizenship to children born abroad using assistive reproduction technology Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall issue regulations, in accordance with the press statement released on May 18, 2021, with respect to U.S. Citizenship Transmission and Assisted Reproductive Technology, clarifying that no biological connection between a parent and a child is required for a child to acquire citizenship at birth from a United States citizen parent under sections 301(c), (d), (e), and (g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401(c), (d), (e), and (g)), provided that either the local law at the place of birth or United States law recognize such a person to be the legal parent of the child from birth.