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Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025

To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth.

Introduced Jan 21, 2025

Latest action (Jan 21, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration

Summary

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify the definition of birthright citizenship in the United States. It establishes that a person born in the United States is "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States—and therefore eligible for automatic citizenship at birth—only if at least one parent is either a U.S. citizen or national, a lawfully admitted permanent resident whose residence is in the United States, or an alien with lawful status serving on active duty in the armed forces. The bill does not retroactively affect the citizenship status of people born before the law's enactment. The amendment restates the existing reference to the 14th Amendment while providing a specific definition of what "subject to the jurisdiction" means for birthright citizenship purposes.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
93 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Brian Babin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • JEFFERSON COUNTY $13,700
  • NULL $12,100
  • TRANS GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC. $9,900
  • HOUSEWIFE $9,600
  • TRANS-GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INC. $9,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Brian Babin → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Jan 21, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 4741 — Constitutional Citizenship Clarification Act of 2025 · Introduced Jul 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 91%
  • S 304 — A bill to amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth. · Introduced Jan 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 89%
  • S 2274 — A bill to amend section 301 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 birth. · Introduced Jul 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 87%
  • HR 2337 — PARENT Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Cong. 119 85%
  • HR 9633 — Birthright Citizenship Clarification Act of 2026 · Introduced Jul 9, 2026 · Cong. 119 83%
  • S 4973 — American Citizenship Act · Introduced Jul 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 80%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jan 21, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 21, 2025

Mr. Babin (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Van Orden, Mr. Strong, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Cline, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Burlison, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Roy, Mr. Rose, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Crane, Mr. Luttrell, Mr. Moran, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Norman, Mr. Arrington, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Estes, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Wied, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins, and Mr. Self) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth.

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 “Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. CITIZENSHIP AT BIRTH FOR CERTAIN PERSONS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES.

(a) In General.—Section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401) is amended—

(1) by inserting “(a) In General.—” before “The following”;

(2) by redesignating subsections (a) through (h) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

“(b) Definition.—Acknowledging the right of birthright citizenship established by section 1 of the 14th amendment to the Constitution, a person born in the United States shall be considered ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States for purposes of subsection (a)(1) if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is—

“(1) a citizen or national of the United States;

“(2) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States whose residence is in the United States; or

“(3) an alien with lawful status under the immigration laws performing active service in the armed forces (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code).”.

(b) Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (a)(3) shall not be construed to affect the citizenship or nationality status of any person born before the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>

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