[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 15 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 15

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to make 
eligible for the Office of President a person who is not a natural born 
 citizen of the United States but has been a United States citizen for 
                           at least 20 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

 Mr. Rohrabacher 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 make 
eligible for the Office of President a person who is not a natural born 
 citizen of the United States but has been a United States citizen for 
                           at least 20 years.

    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 --

    ``A person who is a citizen of the United States, who has been a 
citizen of the United States for at least 20 years, and who is 
otherwise eligible to hold the Office of the President, is not 
ineligible to hold that Office by reason of not being a native born 
citizen of the United States.''.
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