CITIZENSHIP

Addresses

Naturalization Ceremony Remarks to New Citizens, S2163 [30AP]

Articles and editorials

Despite Grand Claims, a New Report Shows Noncitizen Voting Hasn’t Materialized, H2126 [11FE]

Election Fact Check—Noncitizens Can’t Vote, and Instances Are ‘Vanishingly Rare’, H2125 [11FE]

Exploration of Donald Trump’s Allegations of Massive Voter Fraud in the 2016 General Election (excerpt), H2128–H2131 [11FE]

Noncitizens Don’t Illegally Vote in Detectable Numbers, H2126 [11FE]

Trump’s Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False—We Can Prove It, H2127 [11FE]

Unpacking Myths About Noncitizen Voting—How Heritage Foundation’s Own Data Proves It’s Not a Problem, H2127 [11FE]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of the Census: prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in decennial census (see H.R. 8062), H2675 [24MR]

Census: require citizenship question, report certain statistics, base apportionment of Representatives on U.S. citizens, and prohibit States from more than one House redistricting after census and apportionment (see H.R. 7167), H1170 [21JA]

Commission on Americans Living Abroad: establish (see H.R. 8561), H3132 [28AP]

Constitutional amendments: clarify that 14th amendment does not provide for automatic citizenship for children of aliens (see H.J. Res. 190), H3774 [2JN]

——— protect U.S. citizenship (see S.J. Res. 189), S2129 [29AP] (see H.J. Res. 172), H3336 [4MY]

——— require that Members of Congress, Federal judges, and Senate-confirmed officers of U.S. be natural born citizens (see H.J. Res. 188), H3669 [20MY]

——— require that Members of Congress, Federal judges, and Senate-confirmed officers of U.S. only have American citizenship (see H.J. Res. 194), H3829 [3JN]

Courts: provide for limitation on nationality of persons eligible to serve as U.S. judges (see H.R. 7634), H2234 [20FE]

Dept. of Defense: review citizenship and residency eligibility requirements for enlistment of certain aliens in Armed Forces (see H. Res. 994), H718 [13JA]

Dept. of Education: increase civics education programs (see H.R. 8402), H3044 [21AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: direct U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to conduct review of certain approved immigration benefit requests (see H.R. 6978), H251 [8JA]

——— provide for electronic notification regarding change in status of immigration petitions or applications (see H.R. 8191), H2820 [2AP]

——— require attestation disavowing terrorist intent prior to naturalization of any alien (see H.R. 8341), H2959 [16AP]

——— require State-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards to indicate citizenship status and establish requirements for Federal recognition of State-issued commercial driver’s licenses (see S. 4398), S2052 [27AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish Office of Legal Access Programs within Executive Office for Immigration Review to improve treatment of detained persons (see H.R. 9124), H3828 [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit covered financial institutions from collecting, maintaining, and disclosing information on citizenship and immigration status of consumers (see S. 4450), S2170 [30AP] (see H.R. 8643), H3330 [30AP]

——— require certain financial institutions to verify citizenship and legal status of individuals (see S. 4206), S1614 [25MR] (see H.R. 8836), H3531 [14MY]

Elections: promote integrity and improve administration of Federal elections (see H.R. 7300), H1921 [30JA]

——— provide that Executive Order 14399 entitled ‘‘Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections’’ shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 8666), H3339 [7MY]

——— repeal Executive Order 14399 entitled ‘‘Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections’’ (see S. 4369), S1935 [22AP]

Federal agencies and departments: require Federal civilian career employees to pass citizenship test as condition of employment (see H.R. 7102), H919 [15JA]

Federal aid programs: provide benefits only to individuals verified to be U.S. citizens (see H.R. 7213), H1349 [22JA]

Federal employees: restrict employment in Federal Government of individuals who are not U.S. citizens or nationals (see H.R. 9063), H3739 [29MY]

House of Representatives: defend and uphold rights and protections guaranteed by Fourteenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution to ensure that our democracy works for all of us, not just powerful few (see H. Res. 1038), H2031 [4FE]

Immigration: bar aliens from admission to U.S. to give birth on U.S. soil or remaining in U.S. to undermine sovereignty of U.S. through birth tourism (see S. 4501), S2237 [12MY]

——— limit admission and naturalization and enable deportation and denaturalization for membership, affiliation, or advocacy of socialist, Chinese communist, Marxist, or Islamic fundamentalist doctrines (see H.R. 8387), H2995 [20AP]

——— reform (see S. 4546), S2305 [14MY] (see H.R. 8827), H3530 [14MY]

——— repeal provision to require certain State and local law enforcement cooperation relative to communication on citizenship or immigration status (see H.R. 7252), H1914 [27JA]

——— revoke citizenship from any naturalized citizen who commits felony or supports terrorist organizations (see S. 4105), S1090 [17MR]

——— revoke citizenship of any naturalized U.S. citizen convicted of terrorism-related crime (see H.R. 9096), H3773 [2JN]

——— strengthen requirements for naturalization, require instruction on oath of allegiance and principles of Constitution, and establish consequences for fraud and concealment in naturalization process (see S. 4547), S2305 [14MY]

——— subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke citizenship of any naturalized U.S. citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such conviction (see S. 3606), S115 [8JA] (see H.R. 6975), H251 [8JA]

Medicare: prohibit payments for graduate medical education costs attributable to individuals who are not U.S. citizens or nationals (see H.R. 8943), H3669 [20MY]

——— require hospitals receiving payment for direct graduate medical education costs to report information relative to citizenship status of residents in an approved medical residency training program (see H.R. 8942), H3669 [20MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to require Members to demonstrate competence in American civics (see H.J. Res. 146), H1921 [30JA]

——— implement proposed constitutional amendment requiring Members of Congress to demonstrate competence in American civics (see H.R. 7431), H2094 [9FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure taxpayer funds for health insurance coverage are available only to U.S. citizens, nationals, or aliens lawfully present (see H.R. 7817), H2470 [5MR]

States: require certain requirements for congressional districts, limit congressional redistricting after apportionment of Representatives, and exclude unlawful aliens from apportionment and electoral votes calculations (see H.R. 7219), H1349 [22JA]

Terrorism: deem specific activities in support of terrorism as renunciation of U.S. nationality (see H.R. 7958), H2550 [17MR]

Trump, President: impeachment (see H. Res. 1155), H2825 [6AP]

Voting: require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (see S. 3752), S377 [29JA] (see H.R. 7296), H1921 [30JA] (see H.R. 8206), H2824 [6AP]

Letters

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act: Colorado resident, S1354, S1355 [19MR]

——— Gregg M. Amore, Rhode Island Sec. of State, S1475 [21MR]

Remarks in House

Bureau of the Census: prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in decennial census (H.R. 8062), E254 [24MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services release of policy memo asserting that adjustment of status of alien already in U.S. will only be granted in extraordinary circumstances, H3744 [2JN]

Elections: promote integrity and improve administration of Federal elections (H.R. 7300), H2721 [26MR]

Racial relations: characterization that U.S. is racist relative to immigration enforcement, H3717 [21MY]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to immigration, H230 [8JA], H2016 [4FE], H2208 [12FE]

Voting: prohibit transfer of personal data to Dept. of Homeland Security relative to efforts to require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections, H2149 [11FE]

——— require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections, H2670 [24MR], H2683, H2707 [25MR]

——— require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (H.R. 7296), H2462 [5MR], H2639 [24MR], H2719, H2721 [26MR]

——— require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections, H2122–H2136, H2138–H2149, H2173 [11FE], E138 [13FE]

——— require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (H.R. 22), H710, H712 [13JA]

——— require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (H.R. 7296), H2025 [4FE], H2044 [9FE], H2107 [10FE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: establish deficit-neutral reserve funds to establish certain requirements to vote and count ballots in Federal elections, S1911, S1912 [22AP]

Immigration: bar aliens from admission to U.S. to give birth on U.S. soil or remaining in U.S. to undermine sovereignty of U.S. through birth tourism (S. 4501), S2239 [12MY]

——— reform (S. 4546), S2210–S2212 [12MY]

——— subject aliens convicted of fraud to deportation and bestow concurrent jurisdiction to revoke citizenship of any naturalized U.S. citizen convicted of fraud on any court that enters such conviction (S. 3606), S72 [7JA], S203 [14JA]

Portland, ME: tribute to naturalization ceremony for new citizens, S2163 [30AP]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to elections and voting, S1477–S1480 [21MR]

——— Executive order relative to rules for Federal elections to ensure citizenship verification and integrity of mail-in ballots, S1726–S1730 [14AP]

Voting: prohibit Federal funding to deploy Federal law enforcement or military personnel to polling places or election offices for purpose of voter intimidation or election interference, S598 [12FE]

——— require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections, S632 [24FE], S669 [25FE], S701 [26FE], S910 [9MR], S947 [10MR], S971, S1005 [11MR], S1018 [12MR], S1053–S1055 [16MR], S1060–S1063, S1065–S1081, S1083–S1088, S1146–S1158 [17MR], S1159–S1167, S1170–S1177, S1179–S1185, S1189, S1195–S1202, S1307–S1310 [18MR], S1311–S1317, S1320–S1322, S1324–S1326, S1329–S1355, S1411–S1418 [19MR], S1419–S1421, S1423, S1427–S1441 [20MR], S1461–S1472, S1474–S1480, S1484–S1493 [21MR], S1496, S1509–S1512, S1514–S1516 [22MR], S1526, S1530, S1532, S1533, S1535–S1541 [23MR], S1561–S1564, S1568–S1570, S1587 [24MR], S1591, S1593, S1606, S1629, S1638–S1644 [25MR], S1648–S1651, S1659, S1665 [26MR], S1704 [13AP], S1718, S1719, S1726–S1730 [14AP], S1807 [16AP], S1848 [21AP], S1883, S1904–S1906 [22AP], S2356–S2360 [19MY]

——— require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections, S433 [2FE], S572 [11FE], S597–S601 [12FE]

——— require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (H.R. 7296), S521–S523 [9FE]

——— require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (S. 3752), S452 [3FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of S. 1383, Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1057) (H. Rept. 119–493), H2184 [11FE]

Equal Representation Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 151) (H. Rept. 119–619), H3044 [21AP]

Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6978) (H. Rept. 119–465), H1913 [27JA]

Statements

Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act: several Iowa residents, S1808 [16AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 1057, consideration of S. 1383, Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, H2121 [11FE]

S. 1383, Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, H2138–H2141 [11FE]