Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3283 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3283

  To establish that citizens of the United States shall owe sole and 
   exclusive allegiance to the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 1, 2025

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish that citizens of the United States shall owe sole and 
   exclusive allegiance to the United States, 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 ``Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) To preserve the integrity of national citizenship, 
        allegiance to the United States must be undivided.
            (2) Existing law allows certain United States citizens to 
        maintain foreign citizenship, which may create conflicts of 
        interest and divided loyalties.
            (3) It is in the national interest of the United States to 
        ensure that United States citizenship is held exclusively.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
        any term used in this Act that is used in the immigration laws 
        shall have the meaning given such term in the immigration laws.
            (2) Foreign citizenship.--The term ``foreign citizenship'' 
        means any status recognized by the government of a foreign 
        country that confers on an individual the nationality or 
        citizenship of such country or requires the allegiance of an 
        individual to such country.
            (3) Immigration laws.--The term ``immigration laws'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON DUAL OR MULTIPLE CITIZENSHIP.

    (a) In General.--An individual may not be a citizen or national of 
the United States while simultaneously possessing any foreign 
citizenship.
    (b) Effect of Acquisition of Foreign Citizenship.--A citizen of the 
United States who, after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
voluntarily acquires foreign citizenship shall be deemed to have 
relinquished United States citizenship.
    (c) Dual Citizens.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, a citizen of the United States who 
        also possesses foreign citizenship shall--
                    (A) submit to the Secretary of State a written 
                renunciation of such foreign citizenship; or
                    (B) submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security a 
                written renunciation of United States citizenship.
            (2) Effect of noncompliance.--An individual subject to 
        paragraph (1) who fails to timely comply with that paragraph 
        shall be deemed to have voluntarily relinquished United States 
        citizenship for purposes of section 349(a) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1481(a)).
    (d)  Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date 
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act--
            (1) the Secretary of State shall--
                    (A) promulgate regulations to carry out this Act, 
                including procedures for declaration, verification, and 
                recordkeeping of exclusive citizenship; and
                    (B) coordinate with the Attorney General and the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any 
                individual deemed to have relinquished citizenship 
                under this Act is appropriately recorded in Federal 
                systems and treated as an alien for purposes of the 
                immigration laws; and
            (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish in the 
        Federal Register a notification of the requirement under 
        section 4(c).
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