1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Citizenship for Children Act of 2023 . 2. Automatic acquisition of citizenship for certain children born outside the united states Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1431 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking all of the following conditions and inserting each of the following applicable conditions ; (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: (2) If the parent is a naturalized citizen, the child is under the age of eighteen years at the time of the parent’s naturalization. ; and (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking The child is residing and inserting While under the age of eighteen, the child resides ; (ii) by striking legal and physical custody and inserting legal custody ; and (iii) by inserting before the period at the end the following: , or a pending application to adjust status to lawful permanent resident