,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ae1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,cotton 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,hagerty1 ,mr4 ,moreno1 and ,mr4        
,cramer7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend section #cja of the         
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
clarify those classes of individuals    
born in the ,united ,states who are not 
nationals or citizens of the ,united    
,states at birth4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,constitutional ,citizenship            
,clarification ,act of #bjbe4  #b4      
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that-- 7#a7 the right of      
birthright citizenship1 established by  
section #a of the #adth ,amendment to   
the ,constitution of the ,united        
,states1 is rooted in the common law    
doctrine of jus soli and limited by the 
principle that it is not the soil1 but  

ligeantia and obedientia that make the  
subject born a citizen2  7#b7 the       
,supreme ,court of the ,united ,states  
has long recognized that1 under the     
principle of allegiance and obedience1  
the children of foreign diplomats or    
enemy troops born on ,united ,states    
soil are not entitled to birthright     
citizenship2 and  7#c7 under that same  
principle1 the children of foreign      
spies1 saboteurs1 terrorists1 or other  
hostile actors1 as well as the children 
of illegal aliens1 should not be        
entitled to birthright citizenship4  #c4
 ,purpose ,the purposes of this ,act    
are-- 7#a7 to codify the common law     
exception to birthright citizenship for 
ambassadors and invaders2 and  7#b7 to  
clarify that other categories of        
disloyal or disobedient aliens are also 
subject to such exception4  #d4         
,citizenship at birth exclusions for    
certain persons born in the ,united     
,states ,section #cja7;a7 of the        
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  

,u4,s4,c4 #adja7;a77 is amended by      
striking the semicolon at the end and   
inserting the following3 83 ,provided1  
,that a person born in the ,united      
,states shall not be considered subject 
to the jurisdiction of the ,united      
,states if the person is born of alien  
parents who are-- 7#a7 unlawfully       
present in the ,united ,states2  7#b7   
present in the ,united ,states for      
diplomatic purposes2 or  7#c7 engaged in
 a hostile occupation of1 or a hostile  
operation in1 the ,united ,states204