[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4853 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4853

 To modify retroactively the residence requirement for transmission of 
   citizenship to certain individuals born abroad before 1953 to one 
                  citizen parent and one alien parent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 1998

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To modify retroactively the residence requirement for transmission of 
   citizenship to certain individuals born abroad before 1953 to one 
                  citizen parent and one alien parent.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSMISSION OF 
              CITIZENSHIP.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 201(g) of the Nationality 
Act of 1940 (providing for citizenship for a person born outside the 
geographical limits of the United States and its outlying possessions 
of parents one of whom is an alien, and the other a citizen of the 
United States who, prior to the birth of such person, resided in the 
United States or its outlying possessions for a period or periods 
totaling not less than 10 years, at least 5 of which were after 
attaining the age of 16 years), the residence requirement in such 
section shall be considered to be satisfied by a citizen who otherwise 
satisfies the requirement, but who, after attaining the age of 16 
years, resided in the United States or its outlying possessions only 
for a period or periods totaling 3 years (or more).
    (b) Retroactive Application.--The immigration and nationality laws 
of the United States shall be applied to persons born before the date 
of the enactment of this Act as though subsection (a) had been in 
effect as of the date of their birth.
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