[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4973 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4973

To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify 
the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 14, 2026

  Mr. Schmitt introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify 
the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, 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 ``American Citizenship Act''.

SEC. 2. BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES 
              CONSTITUTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 301(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1401(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) a person born in the United States and not subject to any 
foreign power:  Provided, That a person born in the United States shall 
be deemed subject to a foreign power if neither parent of such person 
is a United States citizen or has been lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence at the time of such person's birth;''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) may not be 
construed to affect the citizenship or nationality status of any person 
who was born before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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