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The bill secures and preserves birthright citizenship and forbids federal spending to implement executive changes—protecting individuals and limiting taxpayer exposure—while constraining government flexibility and creating some administrative and litigation costs.
U.S.-born children and their families keep constitutional birthright citizenship protections, preventing loss of citizenship by executive action.
Taxpayers are protected from federal spending to implement Executive Order 14160 or successors that would change citizenship definitions or eligibility, reducing the risk of new costs tied to changing citizenship policy.
Individuals, families, and state and federal agencies benefit from continued legal stability and predictability—federal agencies must continue to recognize citizenship under existing law and Supreme Court precedent is affirmed.
Federal and congressional ability to change or update citizenship rules is constrained, limiting policy flexibility to address gaps or modernize eligibility.
Agencies and federal employees may face legal and administrative uncertainty when they need new guidance on citizenship-related administration because executive policy tools and funding are restricted.
The bill's findings and prohibitions could prolong legal and political conflicts over citizenship, sustaining litigation costs for federal courts, agencies, and taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Bars use of any federal funds to implement an executive order (and successors) that would limit recognition of birthright citizenship, and reaffirms the 14th Amendment and related federal law.
Stops federal money from being used to carry out or enforce an executive action that attempted to limit birthright citizenship and affirms that the 14th Amendment and existing federal law guarantee birthright citizenship for children born in the United States. It cites Supreme Court precedent and federal court rulings and bars use of any federal funds to implement that executive order or any successor policy.
Official title: To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14160.
Introduced May 13, 2025 by Delia Ramirez · Last progress May 13, 2025