# 119-hr-9724: End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act

119-hr-9724, End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA); status introduced (as of 2026-08-09).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9724
- Congress: 119
- Title: End Birthright Citizenship for Territories Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-07-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-09

## Summary

**This bill would end territorial birthright citizenship** by limiting who gets U.S. citizenship at birth in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It sets a uniform cutoff of January 1, 2027 and preserves citizenship for certain children linked to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. - People born in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the CNMI would only receive automatic U.S. citizenship for births that occur before January 1, 2027. Births in those territories on or after that date would not carry territorial birthright citizenship under the amended rules. - Children born in the territories to a U.S. citizen or to an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence would keep their citizenship or nationality status despite the new time limits. The bill explicitly preserves those family-based exceptions. - The bill changes four specific parts of the Immigration and Nationality Act and amends the CNMI covenant to create these parallel, time-limited eligibility windows. It grounds the changes in Congress’s territorial authority and references the Insular Cases.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Limits citizenship for territory births: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would limit automatic U.S. citizenship tied to birth in four U.S. territories. People born in Puerto Rico after January 13, 1941 and before January 1, 2027 would be U.S. citizens by birth. People born in the U.S. Virgin Islands after February 25, 1927 and before January 1, 2027…

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- 119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026
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- 119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9724 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9724)

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- [119-hr-987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-987)
- [119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7651)
- [119-hr-4448: Restoring Equal Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4448)
- [119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-925)
- [119-hr-7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9724 (as of 2026-08-09).