[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.J. Res. 60 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 60

  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 a parent 
          is a United States citizen at the time of the birth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1997

 Mr. Callahan (for himself, Mr. Stump, Mr. Everett, and Mr. Traficant) 
 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 a parent 
          is a United States citizen 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 to the States 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 or father of the person is a citizen of the United 
States at the time of the birth.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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