Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 188 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 188

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
      require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2026

 Ms. Mace 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 of the United States to 
      require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.

    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. No person who is not a natural born citizen may be a 
Representative. This section shall take effect on the 3rd day of 
January on the first odd number calendar year following the 
ratification of this article.
    ``Section 2. No person who is not a natural born citizen may be a 
Senator. This section shall take effect on the 3rd day of January on 
the first odd number calendar year following the ratification of this 
article and shall apply to a Senator beginning on the date on which the 
term for which they were elected ends.
    ``Section 3. Notwithstanding Article III of the Constitution, no 
person who is not a natural born citizen may be a Judge, either of the 
supreme or inferior courts. This section shall take effect on the date 
that is six months following the ratification of this article.
    ``Section 4. No person who is not a natural born citizen may be an 
Ambassador, public Minister or Consul, or any other Officer of the 
United States if such position requires advice and consent by the 
Senate. This section shall take effect on the date that is six months 
following the ratification of this article.''.
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