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119th Congress · S. 4954 · Introduced

Citizenship Act of 2026

Latest action Jul 13, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Sponsor

  • Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] · [R-IN] · B001299
    Rep-IN current · 5 terms · @RepJimBanks · 2 district offices

Sponsor record (congress_legislators)

Bio (legislators)

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Jim Banks
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2025-01-03
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Leadership roles (0)

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Committee memberships (13)

  • Economic Policy (senate) · senate · rank 5
  • Education and the American Family (senate) · senate · rank 5
  • Employment and Workplace Safety (senate) · senate · Chairman · rank 1
  • National Security and International Trade and Finance (senate) · senate · rank 3
  • Personnel (senate) · senate · rank 5
  • Primary Health and Retirement Security (senate) · senate · rank 6
  • Seapower (senate) · senate · rank 4
  • Securities, Insurance, and Investment (senate) · senate · rank 6
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services (senate) · senate · rank 12 · site
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (senate) · senate · rank 10 · site
  • Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (senate) · senate · rank 9 · site
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (senate) · senate · rank 9 · site
  • Strategic Forces (senate) · senate · rank 6

Social media

District offices (2)

  • 1300 S. Harrison St., E Ross Adair Federal Building, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802 · 260-321-7130 · 41.0737372,-85.14045349999999
  • 5400 Federal Plaza, Suite 3200, Hammond Federal Building Courthouse, Hammond, IN, 46320 · 41.6153916,-87.523337

Other names (0)

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Sponsor FEC record (fec_live)

Candidate record (candidates) · cycle 2026

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2026
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BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
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REPUBLICAN PARTY
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2024-11-26
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Candidate summary (candidate_summaries) · cycle 2024

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2024
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$7,337,226.72
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$6,059,353.41
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$2,613,356.72
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2024-12-31

Connected committees (0)

none

Cosponsors (4)

  • Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] · [R-AL] · T000278 · Co-sponsored 2026-07-15
    Rep-AL current · 1 term · @SenTuberville · 5 district offices
  • Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] · [R-TN] · B001243 · Co-sponsored 2026-07-15
    Rep-TN current · 10 terms · @MarshaBlackburn · 6 district offices
  • Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] · [R-MT] · S001232 · Co-sponsored 2026-07-22
    Rep-MT current · 1 term · 6 district offices
  • Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] · [R-UT] · L000577 · Co-sponsored 2026-07-27
    Rep-UT current · 3 terms · @SenMikeLee · 4 district offices

Committees (1)

  • Judiciary Committee [Senate Standing]
    2026-07-13T21:24:55ZReferred To

Actions — from XML (2)

  • 2026-07-13IntroReferralvia Senate
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • 2026-07-13IntroReferral10000via Library of Congress
    Introduced in Senate

Actions — from bill_actions table (0)

none

Titles

  • Display Title2026-07-28T11:03:29Z
    Citizenship Act of 2026
  • Official Title as IntroducedIS2026-07-18T22:06:04Z
    A bill to declare that any person who enters the United States without authorization or for the purpose of engaging in birth tourism is considered an invader and to amend section 301(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude the children of invaders from birthright citizenship.
  • Short Title(s) as IntroducedIS2026-07-18T11:53:33Z
    Citizenship Act of 2026

Text versions (from XML)

Versions — from bill_versions table (0)

none

Policy area

Immigration

Summaries

none

Related bills

  • HR 9854 (119) Citizenship Act of 2026
    Latest: 2026-07-22 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
    Relationship: Related bill (via CRS)

Amendments (0)

none

Laws

none

Committee reports

none

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CBO cost estimates

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Latest action

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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