United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 26 (105th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that no person born in the United States will be a United States citizen unless a parent is a United States citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has a lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.
Introduced
9 January 1997
Last action
28 January 1997 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Sponsors
Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16], Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48], Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39], Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1], Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25], Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41], Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2], Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6], Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2], Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15], Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22], Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6], Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14], Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3], Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8], Rep. Northup, Anne M. [R-KY-3], Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6], Rep. Kim, Jay [R-CA-41], Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4], Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9], Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4], Rep. Callahan, Sonny [R-AL-1]
Subjects
Rule of law, Immigration
Source updated
15 November 2019
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - States that no person born in the United States shall be a U.S. citizen unless a parent is a U.S. citizen, is lawfully in the United States, or has lawful immigration status at the time of the birth.
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Timeline
9 January 1997
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
9 January 1997
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 January 1997
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 January 1997
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 January 1997 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [R-CA-25] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Klug, Scott L. [R-WI-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Northup, Anne M. [R-KY-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kim, Jay [R-CA-41] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Callahan, Sonny [R-AL-1] · R · Cosponsor
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-joint-resolution/26
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hjres/26
- us · 105-hjres-26 · source updated 15 November 2019