[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 939 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 939

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer citizenship 
  automatically on children residing abroad in the legal and physical 
    custody of a citizen parent serving in a Government or military 
                            position abroad.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 23, 2001

Mrs. Hutchison introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to confer citizenship 
  automatically on children residing abroad in the legal and physical 
    custody of a citizen parent serving in a Government or military 
                            position abroad.

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

SECTION 1. CITIZENSHIP STATUS OF CERTAIN CHILDREN RESIDING WITH UNITED 
              STATES CITIZEN PARENTS ABROAD.

    (a) In General.--Section 320(a)(3) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431(a)(3)) is amended by inserting before 
the period the following: ``, or is residing abroad in the legal and 
physical custody of a citizen parent who is serving in a military or 
other Government position abroad''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to children adopted before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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