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The bill locks in constitutional birthright citizenship protections and stops federal spending to change them—protecting individuals' rights and legal predictability—but in doing so it constrains both Congress and the executive from altering citizenship rules and risks continued litigation and administrative friction.
People born in the United States (children and youth, including children of immigrants) will continue to have constitutional birthright citizenship protections, preventing sudden loss of citizenship by executive action.
Individuals asserting U.S. citizenship (immigrants and their families) gain greater legal stability and predictability because the bill affirms Supreme Court precedent on birthright citizenship.
Taxpayers are protected from federal spending to implement Executive Order 14160 or successor actions that would redefine or alter the practical meaning of citizenship.
Congress (and therefore the legislative process) is constrained in its ability to change statutory definitions or limits of birthright citizenship, reducing legislative flexibility to adapt immigration law.
The executive branch is blocked from using policy or regulatory actions (including implementing successor orders) to modify citizenship-related rules, limiting administrative responsiveness to modern gaps or emergencies.
Affirming these limits could sustain legal and political conflict that leads to continued litigation, imposing costs on federal courts, agencies, and taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Bars any federal funds from being used to implement Executive Order 14160 or any successor policy that would deny birthright citizenship.
Introduced May 13, 2025 by Delia Ramirez · Last progress May 13, 2025
Prohibits federal funds from being used to implement Executive Order 14160 or any successor executive order, regulation, or policy that would affect birthright citizenship. The bill also records congressional findings affirming that the 14th Amendment and existing federal law guarantee birthright citizenship and cites the Supreme Court decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. The prohibition applies broadly to “all Federal funds” and successors without listed exceptions or an explicit effective date, and the bill frames the restriction as a protection of the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship.