House joint resolution · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit any person who has citizenship or nationality of, or otherwise owes allegiance to, a country other than the United States from serving as a Representative or Senator in Congress, a Judge of the Supreme Court or any inferior court, an Ambassador, public Minister or Consul, or any other officer of the United States which requires the advice and consent of the Senate, or the President or Vice President unless the person formally and permanently relinquishes such citizenship, nationality, or allegiance.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 194.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 94, June 3, 2026, Page H3830):Article V of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.J.Res. 194, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hjres/194
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nancy Mace.
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- H.R. 30 (119th) Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
- H.R. 872 (119th) Federal Contractor Cybersecurity Vulnerability Reduction Act of 2025
- H.R. 2985 (119th) Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act
- H.R. 5000 (119th) Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act
- H.R. 3455 (119th) Veterans Affairs Distributed Ledger Innovation Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.