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The bill trades clearer, more administrable rules about foreign citizenship and enforcement for sweeping consequences that could strip or pressure dual nationals to renounce citizenship, risking serious rights, economic, and administrative harms for affected Americans.
Immigrants, federal officials, and courts get more consistent legal definitions because terms default to established INA meanings and "foreign citizenship" is clarified, reducing ambiguity in implementation and interpretation.
Federal agencies will have clearer citizenship records and simpler eligibility determinations for security‑sensitive jobs, reducing uncertainty for hiring and clearance decisions.
Agencies are given specific deadlines and procedures (e.g., 180 days for rules and notice) to implement verification, declaration, and recordkeeping, creating predictable administrative timelines.
U.S. citizens with another nationality (dual citizens) — including people who inherit or later acquire foreign citizenship — could automatically lose U.S. citizenship or be forced to renounce a foreign citizenship within a year, pressuring people to choose citizenship and restricting freedom to hold multiple nationalities.
People labeled as having relinquished citizenship risk serious economic harms — including loss of Social Security/Medicare eligibility, benefits, or even becoming effectively stateless — and families with ties abroad could face disruption to property, residency, and family unity.
Fast implementation deadlines, new verification/recordkeeping rules, and complex imported INA references heighten the risk of wrongful classification or stripping of citizenship without robust safeguards, increasing due‑process and justice concerns and prompting litigation.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Makes it illegal to hold U.S. citizenship at the same time as any foreign citizenship and requires dual citizens to renounce one within set timelines.
Introduced December 1, 2025 by Bernardo Moreno · Last progress December 1, 2025
Prohibits U.S. citizens and nationals from holding any foreign citizenship at the same time and sets rules to end existing dual or multiple citizenships. After enactment, anyone who voluntarily acquires foreign citizenship is treated as having relinquished U.S. citizenship; existing dual citizens must choose within one year to renounce their foreign citizenship to the Secretary of State or renounce U.S. citizenship to the Secretary of Homeland Security, or be treated as having relinquished U.S. citizenship. Requires the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, to issue regulations and record relinquishments in federal immigration systems; the core prohibition and related procedures take effect 180 days after the law is enacted.