To protect collective self-determination and individual rights under Federal statutes conferring nationality on persons born and residing in the territory of American Samoa, to enable subsequent elective United States citizenship upon application of such persons residing in a State or in a territory subject to sections 301 through 308 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes.

Summary

Makes changes to how U.S. passports are issued for people who are U.S. nationals but not U.S. citizens and removes a statute that treated residence in certain U.S. outlying possessions as meeting naturalization residence rules. It requires the State Department to issue passports to non‑citizen nationals and allows applicants living in states or certain U.S. territories to request passports that identify them as both a U.S. national and a U.S. citizen. It also repeals a separate law that had let residence in outlying possessions count toward naturalization residence or physical‑presence requirements.

• Requires U.S. passports be issued to U.S. nationals who are not U.S. citizens.
• Allows applicants living in states or covered territories to request passports that identify them as both a U.S. national and a U.S. citizen, if they sign a written request.
• Changes statutory headings and the law’s table of contents to reflect passports for non‑citizen nationals.
• Repeals the law that counted residence in certain outlying possessions toward naturalization residence/physical‑presence requirements.
• Does not create new funding, new programs, or specify an effective date in the text.
• Shifts administrative responsibilities primarily to the State Department (passport issuance) and affects how naturalization residence is applied.
• May create legal and administrative questions about when passports can identify someone as a citizen if they are legally a non‑citizen national.