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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 569
To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify
those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals
and citizens of the United States at birth.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY21, 2025
Mr. B
ABIN(for himself, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr. VAN
O
RDEN, Mr. STRONG, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. CLINE, Mr. NEHLS, Mr.
B
IGGSof Arizona, Mr. OGLES, Mr. BURLISON, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr.
R
OY, Mr. ROSE, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. GILLof Texas, Mr. WEBERof Texas,
Mr. C
RANE, Mr. LUTTRELL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr.
B
RECHEEN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. ESTES,
Mr. J
ACKSONof Texas, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. WIED, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. BEAN
of Florida, Mr. H
UDSON, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, Mr. AUSTIN
S
COTTof Georgia, Mr. COLLINS, and Mr. SELF) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the
United States who are nationals and citizens of the
United States at birth.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Birthright Citizenship 2
Act of 2025’’. 3
SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CERTAIN PERSONS 4
BORN IN THE UNITED STATES. 5
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 301 of the Immigration 6
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended— 7
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—’’ before 8
‘‘The following’’; 9
(2) by redesignating subsections (a) through (h) 10
as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and 11
(3) by adding at the end the following: 12
‘‘(b) D
EFINITION.—Acknowledging the right of birth-13
right citizenship established by section 1 of the 14th 14
amendment to the Constitution, a person born in the 15
United States shall be considered ‘subject to the jurisdic-16
tion’ of the United States for purposes of subsection (a)(1) 17
if the person is born in the United States of parents, one 18
of whom is— 19
‘‘(1) a citizen or national of the United States; 20
‘‘(2) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 21
residence in the United States whose residence is in 22
the United States; or 23
‘‘(3) an alien with lawful status under the im-24
migration laws performing active service in the 25
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armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10, 1
United States Code).’’. 2
(b) A
PPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-3
section (a)(3) shall not be construed to affect the citizen-4
ship or nationality status of any person born before the 5
date of the enactment of this Act. 6
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