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HR 3166 112th Congress House

Enemy Expatriation Act

Official title: To add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality.

Introduced: December 7, 2011 See on congress.gov
Immigration Citizenship and naturalizationConflicts and wars
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 24, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Oct 12, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 12, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 24, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Enemy Expatriation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include engaging in or purposefully and materially supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals would lose their nationality.

Defines "hostilities" as any conflict subject to the laws of war.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1698 Identical bill Enemy Expatriation Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
WOLF, FRANK
· Dec 8, 2011
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Dec 7, 2011
Altmire, Jason
· Oct 12, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3166: Enemy Expatriation Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3166/
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"H.R. 3166: Enemy Expatriation Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3166/.
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H.R. 3166, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3166/.
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