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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4803 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 4, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Citizenship for Chil3 dren of Military Members and Civil Servants Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FACILITATING THE AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF 

5 CITIZENSHIP FOR LAWFUL PERMANENT 

6 RESIDENT CHILDREN OF MILITARY AND FED7 ERAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL RESIDING 

8 ABROAD. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 320 of the Immigration 

10 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1431) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking the section header and inserting 

12 ‘‘CHILDREN BORN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

13 AND LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESI14 DENCE; CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CITIZENSHIP

15 AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRED’’; 

16 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub17 section (d); and 

18 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(c) Subsection (a)(3) is deemed satisfied in the case 

21 of a child who is lawfully admitted for permanent resi22 dence in the United States if— 

23 ‘‘(1) the child is residing in the legal and phys24 ical custody of a citizen parent who is— 


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1 ‘‘(A) stationed and residing abroad as an 

2 employee of the Government of the United 

3 States; or 

4 ‘‘(B) residing abroad in marital union with 

5 an employee of the Government of the United 

6 States who is stationed abroad; or 

7 ‘‘(2) the child is— 

8 ‘‘(A) residing in the legal and physical cus9 tody of a citizen parent who is— 

10 ‘‘(i) stationed and residing abroad as 

11 a member of the Armed Forces of the 

12 United States; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) authorized to accompany and re14 side abroad with a member of the Armed 

15 Forces of the United States pursuant to 

16 the member’s official orders, and is so ac17 companying and residing abroad with the 

18 member in marital union; and 

19 ‘‘(B) authorized to accompany such mem20 ber and reside abroad with the member pursu21 ant to the member’s official orders, and is so 

22 accompanying and residing with the member.’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con24 tents for the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended 


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1 by striking the item relating to section 320 and inserting 

2 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 320. Children born outside the United States and lawfully admitted for 

permanent residence; conditions under which citizenship automatically acquired.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

4 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

5 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

6 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

7 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

8 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

9 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro10 vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 

11 vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 

2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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