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HJRES 42 109th Congress Government Operations and Politics

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit persons who are not natural-born citizens of the United States, but who have been citizens of the United States for at least…

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit persons who are not natural-born citizens of the United States, but who have been citizens of the United States for at least 35 years, to be eligible to hold the offices of President and Vice President.

Introduced: April 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.J. Res. 42: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit persons who are not natural-born citizens of the United States, but who have been citizens of the United States for at least 35 years, to be eligible to hold the offices of President and Vice President.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HJRES-42/
MLA
"H.J. Res. 42: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit persons who are not natural-born citizens of the United States, but who have been citizens of the United States for at least 35 years, to be eligible to hold the offices of President and Vice President.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HJRES-42/.
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H.J. Res. 42, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HJRES-42/.
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[H.J. Res. 42: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to permit persons who are not natural-born citizens of the United States, but who have been citizens of the United States for at least 35 years, to be eligible to hold the offices of President and Vice President.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HJRES-42/)
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