Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [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…