Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to protect American citizenship.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 103 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 103

    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to protect American 
                              citizenship.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2025

 Mr. Barr submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
    Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to protect American 
                              citizenship.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), 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:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. For purposes of the fourteenth article of amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States, a person may be considered to be 
`subject to the jurisdiction of the United States' only in accordance 
with section 2.
    ``Section 2. A person born in the United States may only be 
considered `subject to the jurisdiction of the United States' if the 
person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is--
            ``(1) a national of the United States;
            ``(2) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in 
        the United States whose residence is in the United States; or
            ``(3) an alien with lawful status under the immigration 
        laws performing active service in the Armed Forces.
    ``Section 3. Congress shall have the power to carry out this 
article through appropriate legislation.''.
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