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THE PURPOSE OF THIS NOTICE. This notice has three purposes: 1) to tell you about the proposed settlement and the fairness hearing; 2) to tell you how to obtain more information, including a copy of the full proposed settlement agreement; and 3) to explain how you may object to the proposed settlement if you disagree with it. A class action lawsuit alleged that the State Department was improperly processing the passport applications of persons whose births were assisted by midwives or birth attendants in Texas and along the U.S./Mexico border. Over the years, a large number of midwives and birth attendants filed birth certificates in Texas for people who were not born in the United States. However, the lawsuit asserted that this fact did not justify the State Department’s practices for processing these applications. The State Department denied the allegations in the lawsuit and asserted many defenses. The class action lawsuit was settled in June 2009. The settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or an indication that any law was violated. The parties have reached a tentative settlement that the Court has preliminarily approved. The settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or an indication that any law was violated. \\\DC - 090334/000432 - 2917785 v1 The following description is only a summary of the key points in the proposed settlement agreement. Information on how to obtain a copy of the full, proposed agreement is provided after this summary.