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HR 73 IH
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 73
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny citizenship at
birth to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens or
permanent resident aliens.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 1999
Mr. BILBRAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny citizenship at
birth to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens or
permanent resident aliens.
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 `Citizenship Reform Act of 1999'.
SEC. 2. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act to deny automatic citizenship at birth to
children born in the United States to parents who are not citizens or permanent
resident aliens.
SEC. 3. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CHILDREN OF NON-CITIZEN, NON-PERMANENT
RESIDENT ALIENS.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsection:
`(d) For purposes of section 301(a), a person born in the United States
shall be considered as `subject to the jurisdiction of the United States'
if--
`(1) the child was born in wedlock in the United States to a parent either
of whom is (A) a citizen or national of the United States, or (B) an alien who
is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and maintains his or her residence
(as defined in subsection (a)(33)) in the United States; or
`(2) the child was born out of wedlock in the United States to a mother who
is (A) a citizen or national of the United States, or (B) an alien who is
lawfully admitted for permanent residence and maintains her residence in the
United States. For purposes of this subsection, a child is considered to be `born in
wedlock' only if both parents are married to each other and parents are not
considered to be married if such marriage is only a common law marriage.'.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 301 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended
by inserting `(as defined in section 101(d))' after `subject to the jurisdiction
thereof'.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply to
aliens born on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
END
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