Bill > HR5492

This bill, known as the Protect Adoptees and American Families Act (PAAF Act), aims to provide automatic United States citizenship to certain internationally adopted individuals who were not previously granted citizenship. Specifically, the bill allows adopted children of U.S. citizen parents to automatically become U.S. citizens if they were adopted before turning 18, were physically present in the United States in legal custody of their citizen parent before turning 18, had not previously acquired U.S. citizenship, and were either residing in the U.S. at the time of the bill's enactment or able to enter the U.S. legally afterwards. The bill includes provisions for both adopted individuals currently living in the United States and those residing outside the country, with a requirement for a criminal background check for those seeking entry. For individuals residing outside the U.S., the bill ensures that standard grounds of inadmissibility will not apply, and they can become citizens upon lawful entry into the United States. This legislation addresses a gap in citizenship laws that previously left some internationally adopted children without automatic U.S. citizenship, providing a pathway to citizenship for these individuals.

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