HJRES206Referred to Committee

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that any Representative or Senator be a natural born citizen.

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Passed One Chamber
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Passed Both
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119th
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2026-07-23
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Scott Perry
Scott Perry
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 86.2% (629 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
  • Conservative Groups$2,079k

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-07-23

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Plain-English Summary

The proposal would change the Constitution to require that all members of Congress be natural born citizens of the United States, meaning they must have been born as U.S. citizens rather than becoming citizens later through naturalization. Currently, the Constitution only requires natural born citizenship for the President, but allows naturalized citizens to serve in the House and Senate as long as they meet other requirements like age and length of residency. This change would affect current and future members of Congress who are naturalized citizens.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.J. Res. 206 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. J. RES. 206 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that any Representative or Senator be a natural born citizen. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 23, 2026 Mr. Perry submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that any Representative or Senator be a natural born citizen. 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: ``Article-- ``Section 1. No person shall be a Representative who is not a natural born citizen of the United States. ``Section 2. No person shall be a Senator who is not a natural born citizen of the United States. ``Section 3. A person who at the time of ratification is a Representative or Senator who is not a natural born citizen of the United States may serve as such for the remainder of their term. They shall be ineligible to be a Representative or Senator after the completion of their term.''. <all>
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