3.0.0 45 2023-01-11T13:28:47Z 2023-01-11T13:28:47Z Senate S 2015-01-07 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-07T20:22:16Z Birthright Citizenship Act of 2015 114 140 HR 2015-02-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2015-01-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-01-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Immigration Citizenship and naturalization Military personnel and dependents Immigration 00 2015-01-07 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-16T18:00:29Z Birthright Citizenship Act of 2015

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.

States that this Act may not be construed to affect the citizenship or nationality status of any person born before the date of its enactment.

]]> Birthright Citizenship Act of 2015 Display Title Birthright Citizenship Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Birthright Citizenship Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s45is/xml/BILLS-114s45is.xml 2015-01-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.