Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 9724
End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act
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Introduced 2026-07-16Topic: immigration · civil rightsSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would change federal law so that people born in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands on or after January 1, 2027, would no longer automatically become U.S. citizens at birth based on being born there. It adds an end date of January 1, 2027, to the existing laws that grant citizenship to people born in each of these four territories. The bill states it does not change the citizenship of anyone born before January 1, 2027. It also states it does not affect the citizenship of children born in the territories to a U.S. citizen or to a lawful permanent resident.
Sponsors
- H. Morgan Griffith Republican sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-16 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2026-07-16 | House | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | refer |
| 2026-07-16 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2026-07-16 | Introduced in House | introduce |