[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 42 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 42

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny 
 United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to 
  parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe 
               permanent allegiance to the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2003

    Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Tancredo, and Mr. Goode) 
 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 deny 
 United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to 
  parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe 
               permanent allegiance to the United States.

    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. Any person born after the date of the ratification of 
this article to a mother and father, neither of whom is a citizen of 
the United States nor a person who owes permanent allegiance to the 
United States, shall not be a citizen of the United States or of any 
State solely by reason of birth in the United States.
    ``Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article 
by appropriate legislation.''.
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