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S 677 105th Congress Senate

Equity in Transmission of Citizenship Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1994, to provide the descendants of the children of female United States citizens born abroad before May… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1994, to provide the descendants of the children of female United States citizens born abroad before May 24, 1934, with the same rights to United States citizenship at birth as the descendants of children born of male citizens abroad.

Introduced: June 24, 1997 See on congress.gov
Immigration Americans in foreign countriesCitizenshipFamiliesInternational Affairs
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This bill died when the 105th Congress ended
It never became law before the 105th Congress (1997–1998) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 13, 1998
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.
May 1, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
May 1, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3902-3903)
May 1, 1997
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 13, 1998

Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Equity in Transmission of Citizenship Act of 1997 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act to waive certain parental U.S. presence requirements with respect to conferral of citizenship by children born outside the United States to U.S. citizen mothers.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jun 24, 1997
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