Enemy Expatriation Act

Enemy Expatriation Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include engaging in or purposefully and materially supporting hostilities against the United States to the list of acts for which U.S. nationals would lose their nationality.

Defines "hostilities" as any conflict subject to the laws of war.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1698 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1698

To add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States 
to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their 
                              nationality.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 12, 2011

 Mr. Lieberman (for himself and Mr. Brown of Massachusetts) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To add engaging in or supporting hostilities against the United States 
to the list of acts for which United States nationals would lose their 
                              nationality.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enemy Expatriation Act''.

SEC. 2. LOSS OF NATIONALITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1481) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in each of paragraphs (1) through (6), by 
                striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) engaging in, or purposefully and materially 
        supporting, hostilities against the United States.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) For purposes of this section, the term `hostilities' means 
any conflict subject to the laws of war.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--Section 351(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1483(a)) is amended by striking ``(6) and 
(7)'' and inserting ``(6), (7), and (8)''.
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