[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4803 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4803


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 4, 2019

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To facilitate the automatic acquisition of citizenship for lawful 
    permanent resident children of military and Federal Government 
           personnel residing abroad, 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 ``Citizenship for Children of Military 
Members and Civil Servants Act''.

SEC. 2. FACILITATING THE AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR 
              LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT CHILDREN OF MILITARY AND 
              FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL RESIDING ABROAD.

    (a) In General.--Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1431) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section header and inserting ``children 
        born outside the united states and lawfully admitted for 
        permanent residence; conditions under which citizenship 
        automatically acquired'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Subsection (a)(3) is deemed satisfied in the case of a child 
who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States 
if--
            ``(1) the child is residing in the legal and physical 
        custody of a citizen parent who is--
                    ``(A) stationed and residing abroad as an employee 
                of the Government of the United States; or
                    ``(B) residing abroad in marital union with an 
                employee of the Government of the United States who is 
                stationed abroad; or
            ``(2) the child is--
                    ``(A) residing in the legal and physical custody of 
                a citizen parent who is--
                            ``(i) stationed and residing abroad as a 
                        member of the Armed Forces of the United 
                        States; or
                            ``(ii) authorized to accompany and reside 
                        abroad with a member of the Armed Forces of the 
                        United States pursuant to the member's official 
                        orders, and is so accompanying and residing 
                        abroad with the member in marital union; and
                    ``(B) authorized to accompany such member and 
                reside abroad with the member pursuant to the member's 
                official orders, and is so accompanying and residing 
                with the member.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 320 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 320. Children born outside the United States and lawfully 
                            admitted for permanent residence; 
                            conditions under which citizenship 
                            automatically acquired.''.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.