[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 46 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 46

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

                             April 28, 2005

Mr. Paul (for himself and Mr. Alexander) 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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