[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3283 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3283
To establish that citizens of the United States shall owe sole and
exclusive allegiance to the United States, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 1, 2025
Mr. Moreno introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To establish that citizens of the United States shall owe sole and
exclusive allegiance to the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) To preserve the integrity of national citizenship,
allegiance to the United States must be undivided.
(2) Existing law allows certain United States citizens to
maintain foreign citizenship, which may create conflicts of
interest and divided loyalties.
(3) It is in the national interest of the United States to
ensure that United States citizenship is held exclusively.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise specifically provided,
any term used in this Act that is used in the immigration laws
shall have the meaning given such term in the immigration laws.
(2) Foreign citizenship.--The term ``foreign citizenship''
means any status recognized by the government of a foreign
country that confers on an individual the nationality or
citizenship of such country or requires the allegiance of an
individual to such country.
(3) Immigration laws.--The term ``immigration laws'' has
the meaning given such term in section 101(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON DUAL OR MULTIPLE CITIZENSHIP.
(a) In General.--An individual may not be a citizen or national of
the United States while simultaneously possessing any foreign
citizenship.
(b) Effect of Acquisition of Foreign Citizenship.--A citizen of the
United States who, after the date of the enactment of this Act,
voluntarily acquires foreign citizenship shall be deemed to have
relinquished United States citizenship.
(c) Dual Citizens.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, a citizen of the United States who
also possesses foreign citizenship shall--
(A) submit to the Secretary of State a written
renunciation of such foreign citizenship; or
(B) submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security a
written renunciation of United States citizenship.
(2) Effect of noncompliance.--An individual subject to
paragraph (1) who fails to timely comply with that paragraph
shall be deemed to have voluntarily relinquished United States
citizenship for purposes of section 349(a) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1481(a)).
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act--
(1) the Secretary of State shall--
(A) promulgate regulations to carry out this Act,
including procedures for declaration, verification, and
recordkeeping of exclusive citizenship; and
(B) coordinate with the Attorney General and the
Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that any
individual deemed to have relinquished citizenship
under this Act is appropriately recorded in Federal
systems and treated as an alien for purposes of the
immigration laws; and
(2) the Secretary of Homeland Security shall publish in the
Federal Register a notification of the requirement under
section 4(c).
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