HouseH.J.Res. 206119th Congress

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that any Representative or Senator be a natural born citizen.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 206 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 206

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
 require that any Representative or Senator be a natural born citizen.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2026

Mr. Perry 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 any Representative or Senator be a natural born citizen.

    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 shall be a Representative who is not a 
natural born citizen of the United States.
    ``Section 2. No person shall be a Senator who is not a natural born 
citizen of the United States.
    ``Section 3. A person who at the time of ratification is a 
Representative or Senator who is not a natural born citizen of the 
United States may serve as such for the remainder of their term. They 
shall be ineligible to be a Representative or Senator after the 
completion of their term.''.
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