Natural-Born Citizenship Requirement for Congressional Eligibility

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-07-21 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that certain individuals are natural born citizens.: HJRES204 introduced as a proposed constitutional amendment requiring that certain individuals be natural born citizens — a potential companion or alternative vehicle to statutory approaches to natural-born-citizenship eligibility requirements. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-23 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that any Representative or Senator be a natural born citizen.: HJRES206 introduced (referred to House Judiciary 2026-07-23) proposes a constitutional amendment extending the natural-born-citizen requirement — currently applicable only to the presidency — to all U.S. Representatives and Senators, which would disqualify naturalized citizens from serving in Congress if ratified. (novelty: 2)