[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4226 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4226

To provide that certain guidance related to the citizenship of children 
  of Federal employees and members of the Armed Forces shall have no 
                force or effect, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2019

Mr. Gallego (for himself, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Huffman, Ms. Moore, Mr. Crow, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Correa, 
 and Mr. Ted Lieu of California) introduced the following bill; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that certain guidance related to the citizenship of children 
  of Federal employees and members of the Armed Forces shall have no 
                force or effect, 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 ``Protecting Children of Public 
Servants and Service Members Abroad Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. NULLIFYING GUIDANCE.

    The policy guidance entitled ``Defining `Residence' in Statutory 
Provisions Related to Citizenship'' issued by the U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services on August 28, 2019, or any other substantially 
similar policy guidance, memorandum, or action by the U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services shall have no force or effect.
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