House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
American Samoa Statutory Nationality and Citizenship Act
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Aumua Amata Radewagen R-ASWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 19, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 19, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6158.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RADEWAGEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 195, November 19, 2025, Page H4818):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6158, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6158
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 23, 2025
- 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 December 23, 2025). 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. Aumua Amata Radewagen.
- H.R. 531 (119th) South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
- H.R. 314 (119th) Empowering Nonprofits Act
- H.R. 315 (119th) To waive certain provisions in the case of an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance…
- H.R. 399 (119th) To permanently extend the American Samoa economic development tax credit.
- H.R. 449 (119th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain naturalization requirements for United States nationals, and for other…
- H.R. 5976 (119th) To protect collective self-determination and individual rights under Federal statutes conferring nationality on persons born and residing…
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.