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The bill trades clearer, enforceable single-citizenship rules and administrability (aimed at reducing perceived conflicts and simplifying agency processes) against severe consequences for dual citizens — including forced renunciations, risks of statelessness, disproportionate impacts on vulnerable communities, and substantial administrative and legal burdens.
Taxpayers, federal and state government employees, and applicants for sensitive positions will have a clearer expectation of sole U.S. allegiance, reducing perceived conflicts of interest and simplifying vetting and security-clearance decisions.
Immigrants, immigration officials, and other agencies will have consistent legal definitions (including a defined standard for 'foreign citizenship') across the Act, reducing ambiguity, uneven interpretations, and some litigation over nationality and allegiance questions.
Federal agencies and affected individuals get an explicit administrative process — a single compliance deadline and a one-year window to resolve dual-citizen status — plus timelines for recording and processing relinquishments, improving administrability and consistent enforcement.
Dual citizens (including many immigrants) will be forced to renounce a foreign citizenship or risk losing U.S. citizenship within the Act's deadlines, putting long-standing family, business, and civic ties at stake.
People pressured into renunciation or unable to secure foreign citizenship could become effectively stateless or lose passport/consular protections, risking safety, travel, and emergency assistance.
Individuals determined to have relinquished U.S. citizenship will be treated as aliens under immigration law, exposing them to removal, detention, and loss of government benefits.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits holding U.S. citizenship together with any foreign citizenship and requires dual citizens to renounce one within one year or be treated as having relinquished U.S. citizenship.
Official title: Establish that citizens of the United States shall owe sole and exclusive allegiance to the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 1, 2025 by Bernardo Moreno · Last progress December 1, 2025
Prohibits dual or multiple citizenship for U.S. citizens and nationals, treats anyone who voluntarily acquires foreign citizenship after enactment as having relinquished U.S. citizenship, and requires people who currently hold both U.S. and foreign citizenship to choose one within one year or be treated as having given up U.S. citizenship. Requires the State Department and DHS to publish procedures and record relinquishments, with key prohibitions effective 180 days after enactment and administrative rules published within 180 days.