Enemy Expatriation Act

Bill: 114-hr-545
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2015-01-27
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization

Conflicts and wars
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Enemy Expatriation Act </strong></p> <p>Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include engaging in or purposefully and materially supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals shall lose their nationality.</p> <p>Defines &quot;hostilities&quot; as any conflict subject to the laws of war.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 545 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2015 Mr. Dent introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enemy Expatriation Act . 2. Loss of nationality (a) In general Section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1481 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in each of paragraphs (1) through (6), by striking or at the end; (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (8) engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (c) For purposes of this section, the term hostilities means any conflict subject to the laws of war. . (b) Technical amendment Section 351(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1483(a) ) is amended by striking (6) and (7) and inserting (6), (7), and (8) .