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118th Congress Immigration

H.R. 1386: Equal Citizenship for Children Act of 2023

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)Mar 7, 2023
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, Mar 7, 2023

This bill expands the application of automatic acquisition of citizenship for certain children born outside of the United States.

Specifically, the bill provides citizenship retroactively to such a child who, while under the age of 18, (1) resided in the United States as a lawful permanent resident (or had a pending application for such status), and (2) was in the legal custody of the child's citizen parent. It also eliminates the physical custody requirement for the automatic acquisition of citizenship.

The bill applies to a child meeting these requirements who was born after noon on January 9, 1941, but who turned 18 prior to February 27, 2001 (the effective date of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000).

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

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Cosponsors

26

Who scored on this bill

6 points earned
  1. 1Yvette Clarke D-NY SponsorIntroduced, reached a cosponsor milestone2 events+6
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History

  1. Mar 7, 2023Introduced in the House by Yvette Clarke.
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  1. Mar 7, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Mar 7, 2023Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.