A Republican bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
Yes
- Scored +2
Does this give the federal government more power?
The bill establishes new federal qualifications and restrictions for United States judges regarding their citizenship.
The opposite
- Scored -3
Would immigrants be better off under this?
The bill imposes strict natural-born citizen requirements on federal judges and forces dual citizens to renounce foreign citizenship.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
Potential Negative Impacts for People
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would immigrants be better off under this? — The bill imposes strict natural-born citizen requirements on federal judges and forces dual citizens to renounce foreign citizenship.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill establishes new federal qualifications and restrictions for United States judges regarding their citizenship.
- 10/29/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/20/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in House
Keith SelfRepublican · Texas