[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2128 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2128

To define the term ``natural born Citizen'' as used in the Constitution 
    of the United States to establish eligibility for the Office of 
                               President.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2004

Mr. Nickles (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To define the term ``natural born Citizen'' as used in the Constitution 
    of the United States to establish eligibility for the Office of 
                               President.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Natural Born Citizen Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ``NATURAL BORN CITIZEN''.

    (a) In General.--Congress finds and declares that the term 
``natural born Citizen'' in Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the 
Constitution of the United States means--
            (1) any person born in the United States and subject to the 
        jurisdiction thereof; and
            (2) any person born outside the United States--
                    (A) who derives citizenship at birth from a United 
                States citizen parent or parents pursuant to an Act of 
                Congress; or
                    (B) who is adopted by 18 years of age by a United 
                States citizen parent or parents who are otherwise 
                eligible to transmit citizenship to a biological child 
                pursuant to an Act of Congress.
    (b) United States.--In this section, the term ``United States'', 
when used in a geographic sense, means the several States of the United 
States and the District of Columbia.
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