To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that noncitizen nationals of the United States who are children of United States citizens are eligible for United States citizenship, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-1206
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-02-13
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: American Samoa

Citizenship and naturalization

Family relationships

Immigration status and procedures

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill establishes that minors born in the outlying U.S. possessions (i.e., America Samoa and Swains Island) shall be eligible to obtain citizenship through a U.S. citizen parent. Currently, a child born outside the United States may automatically acquire citizenship through a parent by satisfying certain requirements.</p> <p>The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish that this same citizenship path is available to non-citizen national minors. This path to citizenship is distinct from rights acquired at birth, and is open to individuals such as minors who were adopted by a U.S. citizen.</p> <p><br> </p> </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1206 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2019 Mrs. Radewagen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that noncitizen nationals of the United States who are children of United States citizens are eligible for United States citizenship, and for other purposes.

1. Conditions of acquiring citizenship for noncitizen nationals of the United States who are children of United States citizens Section 320(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1431 ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting after outside of the United States the following: , or born in an outlying possession of the United States, ; and (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , except that the requirement under this paragraph to be admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident shall not apply in the case of a child born in an outlying possession of the United States .