Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants ActPublic Law 116–133Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act133116–133Statute CompilationUnited States House of RepresentativesOffice of the Legislative Counseltext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.12021-10-15Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act156931162020-03-26Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act[(Public Law 116–133)][This law has not been amended][Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 116–133. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/][Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]AN ACTTo 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. [8 U.S.C. 1101 note]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..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.