of the authority and identity of the requestor; 
and 
(C) incorporates within its records, to en-
sure process integrity, the full legal name of 
any authorized requestor, the date of the re-
quest, and the relationship to the person whose 
birth is recorded on the birth certificate. 
(7) Ensure that birth and death records are 
matched in a comprehensive and timely manner, and 
that all electronic birth records and paper birth cer-
tificates of decedents are marked ‘‘deceased’’. 
(8) Cooperate with the Secretary in the imple-
mentation of electronic verification of vital events 
under section 345. 
SEC. 344. ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTRONIC BIRTH AND 
DEATH REGISTRATION SYSTEMS. 
In consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Commissioner of Social Security, 
the Secretary shall take the following actions: 
(1) Work with the States to establish a common 
data set and common data exchange protocol for 
electronic birth registration systems and death reg-
istration systems. 
(2) Coordinate requirements for such systems 
to align with a national model. 
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(3) Ensure that fraud prevention is built into 
the design of electronic vital registration systems in 
the collection of vital event data, the issuance of 
birth certificates, and the exchange of data among 
government agencies. 
(4) Ensure that electronic systems for issuing 
birth certificates, in the form of printed abstracts of 
birth records or digitized images, employ a common 
format of the certified copy, so that those requiring 
such documents can quickly confirm their validity. 
(5) Establish uniform field requirements for 
State birth registries. 
(6) Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, establish a process with the 
Department of Defense that will result in the shar-
ing of data, with the States and the Social Security 
Administration, regarding deaths of United States 
military personnel and the birth and death of their 
dependents. 
(7) Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, establish a process with the 
Department of State to improve registration, notifi-
cation, and the sharing of data with the States and 
the Social Security Administration, regarding births 
and deaths of United States citizens abroad. 
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(8) Not later than 3 years after the date of es-
tablishment of databases provided for under this sec-
tion, require States to record and retain electronic 
records of pertinent identification information col-
lected from requestors who are not the registrants. 
(9) Not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, submit to Congress, a re-
port on whether there is a need for Federal laws to 
address penalties for fraud and misuse of vital 
records and whether violations are sufficiently en-
forced. 
SEC. 345. ELECTRONIC VERIFICATION OF VITAL EVENTS. 
(a) LEAD AGENCY.—The Secretary shall lead the im-
plementation of the Electronic Verification of Vital Events 
System for the purpose of verifying a person’s birth and 
death. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall issue regulations to establish a means 
by which authorized Federal and State agency users with 
a single interface will be able to generate an electronic 
query to any participating vital records jurisdiction 
throughout the Nation to verify the contents of a paper 
birth certificate. Pursuant to the regulations, an electronic 
response from the participating vital records jurisdiction 
as to whether there is a birth record in their database that 
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