PAAF Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5492 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5492 To provide for automatic acquisition of United States citizenship for certain internationally adopted individuals, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2025 Mr. Smith of Washington (for himself and Mr. Bacon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for automatic acquisition of United States citizenship for certain internationally adopted individuals, and for other purposes. 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 ``Protect Adoptees and American Families Act'' or the ``PAAF Act''. SEC. 2. UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN INTERNATIONALLY ADOPTED INDIVIDUALS. Section 320(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431(b)) is amended to read as follows: ``(b) Adopted Children of Citizen Parent.-- ``(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall apply to a child adopted by a United States citizen parent if the child satisfies the requirements applicable to adopted children under subparagraph (E), (F), or (G) of section 101(b)(1), regardless of the date on which the adoption was finalized. ``(2) Limited application to certain adopted individuals residing in the united states.--Notwithstanding section 318, an individual born outside of the United States who was adopted by a United States citizen parent shall automatically become a citizen of the United States when all of the following conditions have been fulfilled: ``(A) The individual was adopted by a United States citizen before the individual reached 18 years of age. ``(B) The individual was physi