S.Amdt. 2028

SA 2028. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2579, to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to allow the premium tax credit with respect to
unsubsidized COBRA continuation coverage; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States states, ``All persons born or naturalized in
the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein
they reside.''.
(2) Since the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, the
United States has been engaged in a long struggle to live up
to its promise: that all people are equal under law.
(3) As a national community, the people of the United
States have to confront the hard truth that the United States
sometimes fall short of that idea, and that the United States
has not always kept that promise.
(4) Though the United States has been humbled by past
failures, the Nation's character will be measured by the
strength of its continually renewed commitment to the
fundamental national values of equality and dignity before
the law.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) it would be a gross violation of the spirit of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
and to the national values of the United States for this or
any future Congress to adopt any interpretation that some
individuals who are born on United States soil are less
deserving than others of the privileges of United States
citizenship and the equal protection of the laws of the
United States;
(2) the United States must protect, preserve, and honor the
longstanding legal principle of birthright citizenship;
(3) the tradition of birthright citizenship is rooted in
the ancient international legal principle of jus soli; and
(4) honoring citizenship by birth reflects the heritage of
the United States as a country of immigrants, who choose to
adopt the United States as their homeland, and whose diverse
cultures and experiences are woven into the tapestry of the
Nation's history.
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