Ending Birthright Citizenship in U.S. Territories Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5667 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5667

 To withhold birthright citizenship from individuals born in a United 
 States territory to a mother who is not lawfully present and a father 
    who is not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2026

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

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                                 A BILL

 
 To withhold birthright citizenship from individuals born in a United 
 States territory to a mother who is not lawfully present and a father 
    who is not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident.

    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 ``Ending Birthright Citizenship in 
U.S. Territories Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.

    Section 301(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1401(a)) is amended by inserting ``excluding any person born in any 
territory of the United States to a mother who is not lawfully present 
in such territory and a father who is not a United States citizen or 
lawful permanent resident,'' after ``United States,''.
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