[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5444 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5444

 To prohibit the unlawful denial of any benefit to or deprivation of a 
 right of a United States citizen by reason of age, or the immigration 
   status of that citizen's parent or legal guardian, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2016

 Mr. Veasey (for himself, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of 
   Texas, Mr. Vela, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
Serrano, Mr. Conyers, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. 
Gene Green of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the unlawful denial of any benefit to or deprivation of a 
 right of a United States citizen by reason of age, or the immigration 
   status of that citizen's parent or legal guardian, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Fourteenth Amendment Protection Act 
of 2016''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS.

    Notwithstanding the age of a United States citizen, the immigration 
status of any custodial parent or legal guardian of that citizen, or 
the ability of that parent or guardian to present a document 
establishing his or her immigration status as a lawful permanent 
resident, a State or political subdivision thereof--
            (1) may not deprive that citizen or the parent or legal 
        guardian acting on behalf of that citizen of any benefit under 
        Federal, State, or local law to which that citizen is lawfully 
        entitled;
            (2) may not prohibit that citizen or the parent or legal 
        guardian acting on behalf of that citizen from accessing any 
        legal document to which that citizen is lawfully entitled or 
        eligible to apply for; and
            (3) may not take any action or omit to take any action and 
        thereby subject that citizen to the deprivation of any right, 
        privilege, or immunity secured or protected by the Constitution 
        or laws of the United States.
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