A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect United States citizenship.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 189 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. J. RES. 189

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
                   protect United States citizenship.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 2026

  Mr. Paul introduced the following joint resolution; which was read
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to
                   protect United States citizenship.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

                              ``Article--

    ``Section 1. For purposes of the 14th article of amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, a person may be considered to be
`subject to the jurisdiction of the United States' only in accordance
with section 2.
    ``Section 2. A person born in the United States may only be
considered `subject to the jurisdiction of the United States' if the
person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is--
            ``(1) a citizen or national of the United States;
            ``(2) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in
        the United States whose residence is in the United States; or
            ``(3) an alien with lawful status under the immigration
        laws performing active service in the Armed Forces.
    ``Section 3. Congress shall have the power to carry out this
article through appropriate legislation.''.
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