IIB 
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 law-
ful permanent resident children of military and Federal 
Government personnel residing abroad, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Citizenship for Chil-
dren of Military Members and Civil Servants Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FACILITATING THE AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF 
CITIZENSHIP 
FOR 
LAWFUL 
PERMANENT 
RESIDENT CHILDREN OF MILITARY AND FED-
ERAL 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 RESI-
DENCE; CONDITIONS
UNDER
WHICH
CITIZENSHIP 
AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRED’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) Subsection (a)(3) is deemed satisfied in the case 
of a child who is lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence in the United States if— 
‘‘(1) the child is residing in the legal and phys-
ical custody of a citizen parent who is— 
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‘‘(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 cus-
tody 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 re-
side abroad with a member of the Armed 
Forces of the United States pursuant to 
the member’s official orders, and is so ac-
companying and residing abroad with the 
member in marital union; and 
‘‘(B) authorized to accompany such mem-
ber and reside abroad with the member pursu-
ant to the member’s official orders, and is so 
accompanying and residing with the member.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents for the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended 
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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 auto-
matically 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, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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