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<dc:title>119 HJ 204 IH: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-07-21</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IA</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. J. RES. 204</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260721">July 21, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="F000485">Mr. Fuller</sponsor> submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>JOINT RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.</official-title></form><resolution-body style="constitutional-amendment" id="HCDD8DFA3953341318C0940BE4D450100"><section display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section" id="HFFA98F09B1374143B2EFA7735D5C44C4"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text><quoted-block style="traditional" id="HC08CA7C12B524607ABE9FBC144D8F4D3" display-inline="no-display-inline"><constitution-article id="H0E62A7D8DE444DD59805A470D3837A7C"> <enum> —</enum> <section id="H4EB1FF36673C4499886E403AE581344E" section-type="undesignated-section" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding Article III of the Constitution, no person who is not a natural born citizen may be a Judge, either of the supreme or inferior courts. This section shall take effect on the date that is six months following the ratification of this article. </text>
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