Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3808) to require any Federal or State court to recognize any notarization made by a notary public licensed by a State other than the State where the court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 3808 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2009''. SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF NOTARIZATIONS IN FEDERAL COURTS. Each Federal court shall recognize any lawful notarization made by a notary public licensed or commissioned under the laws of a State other than the State where the Federal court is located if-- (1) such notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce; and (2)(A) a seal of office, as symbol of the notary public's authority, is used in the notarization; or (B) in the case of an electronic record, the seal information is securely attached to, or logically associated with, the electronic record so as to render the record tamper-resistant. SEC. 3. RECOGNITION OF NOTARIZATIONS IN STATE COURTS.…
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