[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 44 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 44

  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 unless a parent is a United States citizen, or is 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, at the 
                           time of the birth.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 2003

Mr. Foley (for himself, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Ballenger, Ms. 
Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Goode, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Shays, Mr. 
    Bereuter, Mr. Deal of Georgia, and Mr. Norwood) 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 unless a parent is a United States citizen, or is 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States, 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 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, or is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in 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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