Bill would let government take away U.S. citizenship from born citizens.
H.R. 10447 — American Citizenship Integrity Act · Filed by Nancy Mace (R-SC) · Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill makes it a federal crime to help pregnant women travel to the U.S. to give birth. People convicted could go to prison for up to 15 years. Organized schemes carry a 30-year prison sentence. The bill lets the government take away citizenship from people born in the U.S. if their parents are convicted under this law. It creates a task force to investigate and prosecute these cases.
Who it affects
The bill targets people accused of helping pregnant women enter the U.S. to give birth. It also affects people born in the U.S. whose parents could be convicted. The bill could affect children born lawfully if their parents' reasons for traveling are questioned.
One thing to notice
The bill takes away citizenship based on what parents did, not what children did. The law could apply to people already citizens, even if born here lawfully.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 16, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- task force — A group of people from different government agencies working together.
- federal crime — A crime that breaks a law made by the U.S. government.
- convicted — Found guilty of breaking a law in court.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (9,354 characters) on Sep 24, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,975 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-25.
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