[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6294 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6294

To provide children born in the United States with the same citizenship 
                and immigration status as their mothers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2006

 Mr. Marchant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide children born in the United States with the same citizenship 
                and immigration status as their mothers.

    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 ``End Birth Citizenship to Illegal 
Aliens Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS FOR A CHILD 
              BORN IN THE UNITED STATES BASED ON CITIZENSHIP AND 
              IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE CHILD'S MOTHER.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child born in the 
United States (as defined in section 101(a)(38) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(38)) shall have the same citizenship 
and immigration status at birth as the citizenship and immigration 
status of the child's mother.
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