End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act

Whereas, under article IV, section 3, clause 2, the Constitution states: “The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States;”;

Whereas, Supreme Court of the United States precedents, known collectively as the Insular Cases, stands for the proposition that Congress has the power to legislate with respect to the United States territories, including citizenship status;

Whereas, Congress has previously granted citizenship by statute to four of the five United States territories but not to the people of American Samoa;

Whereas, the decision in Trump v. Barbara did not address or call into question any of these Insular Case based statutes; and

Whereas, Congress has the inherent authority to change statutes relating to citizenship of persons born in the territories.

In general— Title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act section 302 (8 U.S.C. 1402) is amended by striking the comma after “after January 13, 1941,” and adding “and before January 1, 2027,”.

In general— Title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act section 306 (8 U.S.C. 1402) is amended in subparagraph (b) by inserting the “and before January 1, 2027,” after “after February 25, 1927,”.

In general— Title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act section 307 (8 U.S.C. 1406) is amended—

In general— Subchapter I—The Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, as approved under Public Law 94–241, section 303 at (48 U.S.C. 1801) is amended in subsection 303 by adding after “and” the following: “before January 1, 2027, are” and by striking “at birth” at the end.