HCR11Introduced in the House of Delegates
To require that all United States Congressional Representatives, United States Senators, federal judges, and cabinet secretaries be natural born United States citizens.
Introduced by Joe Funkhouser, District 98
What does this bill do?
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Official description
The purpose of this resolution is to apply to and urge Congress call a convention of the states, under the authority reserved to the states in Article V of the United States Constitution, limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States to require that persons elected to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate be natural born citizens of the United States with sole and exclusive United States citizenship; to require that persons nominated by the President as federal judges under Article III of the Constitution of the United Staes be natural born citizens of the United States with sole and exclusive United States citizenship; and to require that persons appointed by the President as Cabinet Secretaries be natural born citizens of the United States with sole and exclusive United States Citizenship.
Where it stands
To House Judiciary
January 20, 2026
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Bill history
Filed for introduction
To Judiciary then Rules
Introduced in House
To House Judiciary
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