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Bills/119th Congress · Senate

S. 3283

Introduced

Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025

Sponsor
RBernie Moreno· Ohio
Introduced
December 1, 2025
Policy area
Immigration
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.December 1, 2025
[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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