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- 106th CONGRESS 1st Session
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- H. J. RES. 10
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- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States to provide that no person born in the United States
will be a United States citizen unless a parent is a United States citizen,
is lawfully in the United States, or has a lawful immigration status at
the time of the birth.
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- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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- January 6, 1999
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- Mr. FOLEY (for himself, Mr. ROHRABACHER,
Mr. ROYCE, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. PAUL, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr.
MCCRERY, and Mr. BEREUTER) introduced the following joint resolution; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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- _____________________________
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- JOINT RESOLUTION
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- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States to provide that no person born in the United States
will be a United States citizen unless a parent is a United States citizen,
is lawfully in the United States, or has a lawful immigration status at
the time of the birth.
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- 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:
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- `Article--
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- `SECTION 1. No person born in the United
States after the date of the ratification of this article shall be a citizen
of the United States, or of any State, on account of birth in the United
States unless the mother or father of the person is a citizen of the United
States, is lawfully in the United States, or has a lawful status under
the immigration laws of the United States, at the time of the birth.
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- `SECTION 2. The Congress shall have power
to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.'.
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