,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfgi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bc1  
#bjai,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,isakson7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to facilitate the automatic    
acquisition of citizenship for lawful   
permanent resident children of military 
and ,federal ,government personnel      
residing abroad1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,citizenship for ,children 
of ,military ,members and ,civil        
,servants ,act4  #b4 ,facilitating the  
automatic acquisition of citizenship for
 lawful permanent resident children of  
military and ,federal ,government       
personnel residing abroad  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #cbj of the            
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #adca7 is amended--  7#a7 by  
amending the section header to read as  
follows3 ,children born outside the     

,united ,states and lawfully admitted   
for permanent residence2 conditions     
under which citizenship automatically   
acquired2  7#b7 by redesignating        
subsection 7c7 as subsection 7d72 and   
7#c7 by inserting after subsection 7b7  
the following3  7c7 ,subsection 7a77#c7 
shall be deemed to be satisfied with    
respect to a child who is lawfully      
admitted for permanent residence in the 
,united ,states if the child--  7#a7 is 
residing in the legal and physical      
custody of a citizen parent who is      
stationed and residing abroad--  7,a7 as
 an employee of the ,government of the  
,united ,states2 or  7,b7 in marital    
union with an employee of the           
,government of the ,united ,states2 or  
7#b7 7,a7 is residing in the legal and  
physical custody of a citizen parent    
who-- 7i7 is stationed and residing     
abroad as a member of the ,armed ,forces
 of the ,united ,states2 or  7ii7 is    
authorized to accompany and reside      
abroad with a member of the ,armed      

,forces of the ,united ,states pursuant 
to the member's official orders1 and is 
so accompanying and residing abroad with
 the member in marital union2 and  7,b7 
is authorized to accompany such member  
and reside abroad with the member       
pursuant to the member's official       
orders1 and is so accompanying and      
residing abroad with the member in the  
legal and physical custody of the       
member4  4  7b7 ,conforming amendment   
,the table of contents for the          
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aaja note7 is amended by     
striking the item relating to section   
#cbj and inserting the following3  ,sec4
 #cbj4 ,children born outside the       
,united ,states and lawfully admitted   
for permanent residence2 conditions     
under which citizenship automatically   
acquired4  4