The Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2024 streamlines the citizenship process for internationally adopted children by granting automatic U.S. citizenship to eligible adoptees, regardless of when their adoption was finalized. The bill applies to individuals who were adopted by U.S. citizen parents before age eighteen, were lawfully admitted to the United States as minors under parental custody, and have never previously acquired U.S. citizenship. For adoptees already living in the United States as of the bill's enactment, citizenship would be granted immediately upon meeting these conditions, while those living abroad would automatically become citizens upon their lawful admission to the country. The legislation also waives standard grounds for inadmissibility for these adoptees, though it requires criminal background checks to ensure public safety before issuing visas. The bill has no specific funding requirements or implementation timeline beyond the effective date of enactment.
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