H.R. 5976 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
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.
Cosponsors: none · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-11-07
Latest action (2025-11-07): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.R. 5976 does, in plain terms
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