To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on the nationality of persons eligible to serve as judges of the United States.

Sponsor: Pete Stauber (Republican-MN)February 20, 2026

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Requires judges to be natural born citizens and renounce foreign ties

This bill would require all future U.S. judges to be natural born citizens. It would also force any current judge who holds dual citizenship to give up their foreign citizenship within 60 days or leave their job.

What Would Change

Today, U.S. law does not explicitly require judges to be natural born citizens, nor does it prevent them from holding dual citizenship. This bill would change that by requiring all future judges to be natural born citizens. It would also mandate that any current judge with dual citizenship must renounce their foreign citizenship within 60 days of the bill becoming law. If they do not, they would be removed from office.

Key Provisions

Would require all future U.S. judges to be natural born citizens.
Would force current U.S. judges with dual citizenship to give up their foreign citizenship within 60 days.
Would remove from office any current judge who does not renounce their foreign citizenship within 60 days.

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HR 7634 · 119th Congress · February 20, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a limitation on the nationality of persons eligible to serve as judges of the United States.

What Would Change

Key Provisions

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