To clarify United States birthright citizenship laws in the territories and combat foreign nationals who are seeking citizenship in the United States territories.

H. Morgan Griffith

Republican · VA · Representative

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

2026-07-16

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The proposal would change citizenship rules in U.S. territories like Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands by clarifying who automatically becomes a U.S. citizen at birth and making it harder for foreign nationals to gain citizenship through living in these territories. The bill aims to prevent people from moving to U.S. territories specifically to obtain American citizenship, which supporters argue has been exploited as a loophole. This would affect people born in these territories, immigrants seeking citizenship, and the territories' populations.

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