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Enemy Expatriation Act

H.R. 545 · 114th Congress · Jan 27, 2015 · Lineage

A BILL

To add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their nationality.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Enemy Expatriation Act”.

Sec. 2 Loss of nationality

(a)
In general— Section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1481) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in each of paragraphs (1) through (6), by striking “or” at the end;
(B)
in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(8) engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States.”

(2)
by adding at the end the following:

“(c) For purposes of this section, the term “hostilities” means any conflict subject to the laws of war.”

(b)
Technical amendment— Section 351(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1483(a)) is amended by striking “(6) and (7)” and inserting “(6), (7), and (8)”.