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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 133 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny citizenship at birth 

to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens 

or permanent resident aliens. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2007 

Mr. GALLEGLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny 

citizenship at birth to children born in the United States 

of parents who are not citizens or permanent resident 

aliens. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Citizenship Reform 

5 Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 It is the purpose of this Act to deny automatic citi3 zenship at birth to children born in the United States to 

4 parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens. 

5 SEC. 3. DENYING CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CHILDREN 

6 OF NON-CITIZEN, NON-PERMANENT RESI7 DENT ALIENS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the Immigration 

9 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101) is amended by insert10 ing after subsection (c) the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(d) For purposes of section 301(a), a person born 

12 in the United States shall be considered as ‘subject to the 

13 jurisdiction of the United States’ if— 

14 ‘‘(1) the child was born in wedlock in the 

15 United States to a parent who is— 

16 ‘‘(A) a citizen or national of the United 

17 States; or 

18 ‘‘(B) an alien lawfully admitted for perma19 nent residence in the United States who main20 tains his or her residence (as defined in sub21 section (a)(33)) in the United States; or 

22 ‘‘(2) the child was born out of wedlock in the 

23 United States— 

24 ‘‘(A) to a mother who is— 

25 ‘‘(i) a citizen or national of the United 

26 States; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for 

2 permanent residence in the United States 

3 who maintains her residence (as defined in 

4 subsection (a)(33)) in the United States; 

5 or 

6 ‘‘(B) to a father who is a citizen or na7 tional of the United States, or an alien lawfully 

8 admitted for permanent residence in the United 

9 States who maintains his residence (as defined 

10 in subsection (a)(33)) in the United States, but 

11 only if— 

12 ‘‘(i) a blood relationship between the 

13 father and the child is established by clear 

14 and convincing evidence; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the father had the nationality of 

16 the United States or was a permanent resi17 dent of the United States at the time of 

18 the child’s birth; 

19 ‘‘(iii) the father (unless deceased) has 

20 agreed in writing to provide financial sup21 port for the child until the child reaches18 

22 years of age; and 

23 ‘‘(iv) while the child is under 18 years 

24 of age— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the father acknowledges pa2 ternity of the child in writing under 

3 oath; or 

4 ‘‘(II) the paternity of the child is 

5 established by adjudication of a com6 petent court. 

7 For purposes of this subsection, a child is considered to 

8 be ‘born in wedlock’ only if both parents are married to 

9 each other and parents are not considered to be married 

10 if such marriage is only a common law marriage.’’. 

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 301 of 

12 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended by inserting ‘‘(as 

13 defined in section 101(d))’’ after ‘‘subject to the jurisdic14 tion thereof’’. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

16 this section shall apply to aliens born on or after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act. 

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