To modify retroactively the residence requirement for transmission of citizenship to certain individuals born abroad before 1953 to one citizen parent and one alien parent.
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (19 Oct 1998): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What this bill does
This bill, H.R. 4853, would change the rules for how U.S. citizenship is passed down to children born abroad. Specifically, it would retroactively reduce the amount of time a U.S. citizen parent needed to have lived in the United States before their child was born, if the other parent was not a U.S. citizen.
Under current law, if a child was born outside the U.S. to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent, the U.S. citizen parent generally had to have resided in the U.S. for at least 10 years, with five of those years occurring after age 16. This bill proposes to modify this requirement. For individuals born before the bill's enactment, it would consider the residence requirement met if the U.S. citizen parent lived in the U.S. for a total of three years after reaching age 16.
This measure affects individuals born abroad before the bill would become law, who have one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent, and who were born before 1953. The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in 1998 and has not moved beyond its initial introduction. If passed, it would become law upon enactment and apply to eligible individuals retroactively.
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Official summary
Reduces (retroactively) the citizen-parent U.S. residency requirement for transmission of U.S. citizenship to certain persons born abroad to one citizen parent and one alien parent.
Timeline
19 Oct 1998
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 4853 do?
- This bill, H.R. 4853, would change the rules for how U.S. citizenship is passed down to children born abroad. Specifically, it would retroactively reduce the amount of time a U.S. citizen parent needed to have lived in the United States before their child was born, if the other parent was not a U.S. citizen. Under current law, if a child was born outside the U.S. to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent, the U.S. citizen parent generally had to have resided in the U.S. for at least 10 years, with five of those years occurring after age 16. This bill proposes to modify this requirement. For individuals born before the bill's enactment, it would consider the residence requirement met if the U.S. citizen parent lived in the U.S. for a total of three years after reaching age 16. This measure affects individuals born abroad before the bill would become law, who have one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent, and who were born before 1953. The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in 1998 and has not moved beyond its initial introduction. If passed, it would become law upon enactment and apply to eligible individuals retroactively.
- Has H.R. 4853 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 4853. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 4853?
- H.R. 4853 was sponsored by Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), with 0 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 4853?
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (19 Oct 1998).
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