[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 56 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 56

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
restrict the requirement of citizenship at birth by virtue of birth in 
  the United States to persons with a legal resident mother or father.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 1995

  Mr. Beilenson introduced the following joint resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
restrict the requirement of citizenship at birth by virtue of birth in 
  the United States to persons with a legal resident mother or father.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. All persons born in the United States, and subject to 
the jurisdiction thereof, of a mother or father who is a legal resident 
of the United States and all persons naturalized in the United States 
are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. 
The first sentence of section 1 of the fourteenth article of amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce before this 
article by appropriate legislation.
    ``Section 3. This article shall apply to persons born after the 
date of its ratification.''.
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