[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2128 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
2d Session
S. 2128
To define the term ``natural born Citizen'' as used in the Constitution
of the United States to establish eligibility for the Office of
President.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 25, 2004
Mr. Nickles (for himself, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Inhofe) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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A BILL
To define the term ``natural born Citizen'' as used in the Constitution
of the United States to establish eligibility for the Office of
President.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Natural Born Citizen Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF ``NATURAL BORN CITIZEN''.
(a) In General.--Congress finds and declares that the term
``natural born Citizen'' in Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the
Constitution of the United States means--
(1) any person born in the United States and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof; and
(2) any person born outside the United States--
(A) who derives citizenship at birth from a United
States citizen parent or parents pursuant to an Act of
Congress; or
(B) who is adopted by 18 years of age by a United
States citizen parent or parents who are otherwise
eligible to transmit citizenship to a biological child
pursuant to an Act of Congress.
(b) United States.--In this section, the term ``United States'',
when used in a geographic sense, means the several States of the United
States and the District of Columbia.
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