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 
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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.