HR 2739 · 99th Congress · Immigration
A bill entitled: "The Overseas American Children's Citizenship Equity Act of 1985".
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.(1985-06-14)
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Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a person born outside the United States and its possessions to mixed alien and citizen parents shall be a U.S. citizen at birth if the citizen parent was physically present in the United States or its possessions for two years in the aggregate (presently must have been present for ten years, at least five of which were after attaining the age of 14 years). Provides that a child who is under 18 years old at the time of enactment of this Act, and whose parents fulfilled the two-year requirement at the time of the child's birth, shall be a U.S. citizen.…
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