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.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1206 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. 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. CONDITIONS OF ACQUIRING CITIZENSHIP FOR 3 NONCITIZEN NATIONALS OF THE UNITED 4 STATES WHO ARE CHILDREN OF UNITED 5 STATES CITIZENS. 6 Section 320(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 7 Act (8 U.S.C. 1431) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:22 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1206.IH H1206 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1206 IH (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 1 inserting after ‘‘outside of the United States’’ the 2 following: ‘‘, or born in an outlying possession of the 3 United States,’’; and 4 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe- 5 riod at the end the following: ‘‘, except that the re- 6 quirement under this paragraph to be admitted to 7 the United States as a lawful permanent resident 8 shall not apply in the case of a child born in an out- 9 lying possession of the United States’’. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:22 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1206.IH H1206 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS