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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…

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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 January 28, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Jan 9, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 26: 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.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HJRES-26/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 26: 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.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HJRES-26/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.J. Res. 26, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HJRES-26/.
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[H.J. Res. 26: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HJRES-26/)
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