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 PUBLIC LAW 106-395—OCT. 30, 2000 114 STAT. 1631 Public Law 106-395 106th Congress An Act To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions governing nf-^n9onn acquisition of citizenship by children born outside of the United States, and — for other purposes. [H.R. 2883] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Child Citizenship Act of 2000. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 8 USC 1101 note. This Act may be cited as the "Child Citizenship Act of 2000". TITLE I^CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN BORN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES SEC. 101. AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN BORN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431) is amended to read as follows: "CHILDREN BORN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND RESIDING PERMA- NENTLY IN THE UNITED STATES; CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CITI- ZENSHIP AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRED "SEC. 320. (a) A child born outside of the United States automatically becomes a citizen of the United States when all of the following conditions have been fulfilled: "(1) At least one psirent of the child is a citizen of the United States, whether by birth or naturalization. "(2) The child is under the age of eighteen years. "(3) The child is residing in the United States in the legal and physical custody of the citizen parent pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence. "(b) Subsection (a) shall apply to a child adopted by a United States citizen parent if the child satisfies the requirements applicable to adopted children under section 101(b)(1).".

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