[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4371 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4371

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the retroactive 
 period of provisions providing for the crediting of service with the 
Armed Forces of the United States toward the period of required United 
States residence of a citizen parent in order for a person born outside 
  the United States of a alien parent and a citizen parent to acquire 
                  United States citizenship at birth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the retroactive 
 period of provisions providing for the crediting of service with the 
Armed Forces of the United States toward the period of required United 
States residence of a citizen parent in order for a person born outside 
  the United States of a alien parent and a citizen parent to acquire 
                  United States citizenship at birth.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF RETROACTIVE PERIOD OF PROVISION PROVIDING FOR 
              THE CREDITING OF PERIODS OF SERVICE WITH THE ARMED FORCES 
              TOWARD THE PHYSICAL PRESENCE REQUIREMENT OF A CITIZEN 
              PARENT IN ORDER FOR A PERSON BORN OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
              STATES OF AN ALIEN PARENT AND A CITIZEN PARENT TO ACQUIRE 
              UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH.

    Section 301(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1401(g)) is amended in the last sentence by striking ``December 24, 
1952,'' and inserting ``April 30, 1900,''.
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