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Resolution Asking Federal Leaders to Support Citizenship for Older Adoptees
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:29 AM
In one sentence
This resolution asks the President and Congress of the United States to support efforts, including passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act, to grant citizenship to legally adopted children born outside the U.S. who were eighteen or older when a key federal law took effect.
What it does
- Calls on U.S. leaders to help naturalize certain adoptees born outside the country who are over age eighteen.
- Specifically asks for support of passing the Adoptee Citizenship Act in Congress.
- Notes that current laws do not give citizenship to those over eighteen when the Child Citizenship Act started.
- States that these individuals face barriers like deportation, lack of voting rights, and trouble getting jobs or loans.
- Requires sending copies of this resolution to federal officials including the President and Iowa's congressional delegation.
Who it affects
- Legally adopted children born outside the United States who were eighteen years old or older when the Child Citizenship Act became effective.
- The President of the United States and members of Congress, as recipients of this request.
Limits and unknowns
- This resolution does not create new federal law or change immigration rules on its own.
- The text states that the Adoptee Citizenship Act has bipartisan support but does not confirm if it will pass Congress.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Naturalize
- To legally become a citizen of a country after being born elsewhere.
- Child Citizenship Act of 2000
- A federal law that gave citizenship to children adopted by U.S. citizens, but only if they were under eighteen when the law started.
- Adoptee Citizenship Act
- Proposed legislation intended to grant citizenship to older adoptees excluded from previous laws.
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Official summary
A concurrent resolution calling upon the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support efforts to naturalize certain legally adopted children who were born outside the United States.