[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 4 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 4

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
   provide that no person born in the United States will be a United 
  States citizen on account of birth in the United States unless both 
 parents are either United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted 
           for permanent residence at the time of the birth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Barr of Georgia 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 
   provide that no person born in the United States will be a United 
  States citizen on account of birth in the United States unless both 
 parents are either United States citizens or aliens lawfully admitted 
           for permanent residence at the time of the birth.

    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. No person born in the United States after the date of 
the ratification of this article shall be a citizen of the United 
States, or of any State, on account of birth in the United States 
unless the mother and father of the person are either citizens of the 
United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence at 
the time of the birth.
    ``Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by 
appropriate legislation.''.
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