[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 204 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 204

  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
      require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2026

Mr. Fuller submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
  Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
      require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled   (two-thirds of each House 
concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an 
amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be 
valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when 
ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States 
within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:

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    ``Notwithstanding Article III of the Constitution, no person who is 
not a natural born citizen may be a Judge, either of the supreme or 
inferior courts. This section shall take effect on the date that is six 
months following the ratification of this article.''.
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