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Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] · R–PA
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-07-23 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This resolution proposes changing the Constitution to require House members and Senators to be “natural born” U.S. citizens. Members who do not meet that requirement when the amendment is ratified could finish their current terms but could not serve afterward. The change would take effect only if three-fourths of state legislatures ratified it within seven years after submission for ratification.
1. No person shall be a Representative who is not a natural born citizen of the United States. 2. No person shall be a Senator who is not a natural born citizen of the United States.
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.
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
Proposed section 1 would require a person serving in the House of Representatives to be a natural born U.S. citizen, subject to the temporary exception for sitting members in section 3.
1. No person shall be a Representative who is not a natural born citizen of the United States.
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.
Proposed section 2 would impose the same natural born U.S. citizenship requirement on Senators, subject to the temporary exception for sitting members in section 3.
2. No person shall be a Senator who is not a natural born citizen of the United States.
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.
Proposed section 3 would allow sitting Representatives and Senators who are not natural born U.S. citizens at ratification to finish their terms. After those terms ended, they would be ineligible to serve in either chamber.
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.
This is a proposed constitutional amendment, not an ordinary statute. Its ratification condition requires approval by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states within seven years after submission for ratification; that deadline runs from submission, rather than introduction in the House.
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
The supplied action snapshot, updated July 30, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 23, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-07-30T15:20:25Z. 2026-07-23: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2026-07-23: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-07-23. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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The supplied text contains a narrow, temporary exception to its proposed eligibility requirement. Classification as a targeted benefit is not a judgment about its justification.
Representatives and Senators serving at ratification who are not natural born U.S. citizens would receive a temporary exemption allowing them to finish their terms. This protects a defined group of sitting members from immediate application of the proposed restriction, but bars their service in either chamber after those terms end.
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.
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