[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S13191]
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                    ADOPTED ORPHANS CITIZENSHIP ACT

  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
now proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 337, S. 1485.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative assistant read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1485) to amend the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act to confer United States citizenship automatically and 
     retroactively on certain foreign-born children adopted by 
     citizens of the United States.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and any statements relating to the bill be printed in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1485) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1485

       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 ``Adopted Orphans Citizenship 
     Act''.

     SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP BY CERTAIN 
                   ADOPTED CHILDREN.

       (a) Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act.--
     Section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1401) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subsection (g);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of subsection (h) and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) an unmarried person, under the age of 18 years, born 
     outside the United States and its outlying possessions and 
     thereafter adopted by at least one parent who is a citizen of 
     the United States and who has been physically present in the 
     United States or one of its outlying possessions for a period 
     or periods totaling not less than 5 years prior to the 
     adoption of the person, at least 2 of which were after 
     attaining the age of 14 years, if--
       ``(1) the person is physically present in the United States 
     with the citizen parent, having attained the status of an 
     alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence;
       ``(2) the person satisfied the requirements in subparagraph 
     (E) or (F) of section 101(b)(1); and
       ``(3) the person seeks documentation as a United States 
     citizen while under the age of 18 years.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to persons adopted before, on, or 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.

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