Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8617 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8617 To provide for automatic acquisition of United States citizenship for certain internationally adopted individuals, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2024 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 ``Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024''. 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 physically present in the United States in