Bill > H3317

This bill proposes resolutions to memorialize the United States Congress to enact legislation, under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, to define "natural born citizens" as including foreign-born adopted children who meet the criteria of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 allows foreign-born children to automatically become U.S. citizens if they are adopted by U.S. citizen parents before the age of 16, are residing in the U.S. in the legal and physical custody of their adoptive parents, and the adoption is finalized. The bill argues that while these children are U.S. citizens, they are not considered "natural born citizens" under the Constitution, which prevents them from holding certain offices, such as the President of the United States, despite being raised as Americans and demonstrating loyalty to the country. Therefore, the bill advocates for legislative action to grant these adopted citizens the same rights and privileges as natural born citizens.