H.R. 1206 — Introduced in House

I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1206 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2019Mrs. 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.