[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 87 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 87

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
              regarding citizenship in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 1995

 Mr. Stockman (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Funderburk, Mrs. Chenoweth, 
 Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Salmon) 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 
              regarding citizenship in the United States.

    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. Citizens of the United States shall only be persons 
born to a parent who is a citizen of the United States, persons born 
within the United States and to a parent who was lawfully present in 
and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States at the time of 
that parent's entry into the United States, and all persons naturalized 
according to the laws of the United States.
    ``Section 2. Nothing in this Constitution shall require either the 
Congress or the States to provide payments or services to any person 
who is not a citizen of the United States.
    ``Section 3. No person shall become a naturalized citizen of the 
United States who is not conversant in the English language, except for 
persons under the age of five, and who has not sworn allegiance to the 
United States over and above allegiance to any other polity.
    ``Section 4. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several 
States according to their respective numbers, counting only the number 
of citizens of each State.''.
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