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 MILI-
TARY AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL RESIDING 
ABROAD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 320 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality 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 CITIZEN-
SHIP 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 per-
manent residence; conditions under which citizenship automatically ac-
quired.’’. 
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 Com-
mittee, 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.