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S. 4954 119th Congress Senate

Citizenship Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to declare that any person who enters the United States without authorization or for the purpose of engaging in birth tourism is considered an invader a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to declare that any person who enters the United States without authorization or for the purpose of engaging in birth tourism is considered an invader and to amend section 301(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude the children of invaders from birthright citizenship.

Introduced: July 13, 2026 Introduced by: Jim Banks Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 13, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Jul 27, 2026
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Sheehy, Tim
Montana · Jul 22, 2026
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 15, 2026
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Tuberville, Tommy
Alabama · Jul 15, 2026
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4954: Citizenship Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4954/
MLA
"S. 4954: Citizenship Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4954/.
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S. 4954, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4954/.
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[S. 4954: Citizenship Act of 2026](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4954/)
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