HJRES 26
105th Congress
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person born in the United States will be a United States citizen unless a parent is a United States citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has a lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.
Introduced: January 9, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 9, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Constitutional Amendment - States that no person born in the United States shall be a U.S. citizen unless a parent is a U.S. citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1