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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4803 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4803

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twenty

                                 An Act

 
   To facilitate the automatic acquisition of citizenship for lawful 
permanent resident children of military and Federal Government personnel 
                residing abroad, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Citizenship for Children of Military 
Members and Civil Servants Act''.
SEC. 2. FACILITATING THE AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR 
LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT CHILDREN OF MILITARY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
PERSONNEL RESIDING ABROAD.
    (a) In General.--Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1431) is amended--
        (1) by striking the section header and inserting ``children 
    born outside the united states and lawfully admitted for permanent 
    residence; conditions under which citizenship automatically 
    acquired'';
        (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
        (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Subsection (a)(3) is deemed satisfied in the case of a child 
who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States 
if--
        ``(1) the child is residing in the legal and physical custody 
    of a citizen parent who is--
            ``(A) stationed and residing abroad as an employee of the 
        Government of the United States; or
            ``(B) residing abroad in marital union with an employee of 
        the Government of the United States who is stationed abroad; or
        ``(2) the child is--
            ``(A) residing in the legal and physical custody of a 
        citizen parent who is--
                ``(i) stationed and residing abroad as a member of the 
            Armed Forces of the United States; or
                ``(ii) authorized to accompany and reside abroad with a 
            member of the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to 
            the member's official orders, and is so accompanying and 
            residing abroad with the member in marital union; and
            ``(B) authorized to accompany such member and reside abroad 
        with the member pursuant to the member's official orders, and 
        is so accompanying and residing with the member.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 320 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 320. Children born outside the United States and lawfully 
          admitted for permanent residence; conditions under which 
          citizenship automatically acquired.''.
SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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