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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 344. MAY 24, 1934 . 797 [CHAPTER 344 .1 AN ACT May 24, 1934. To amend the law relative to citizenship and naturalization, and for other 	[H R. 3673 .1	 pu rposes. (Public, No . 250.1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o Ame rica in Cong ress ass embl ed, That section 1993 Citizenship and nat- t urali zation . of the Revised Statutes is amended to read as follows : Rs ., see . 1993, p .350; `` SEC . 1993. Any child hereafter born out of the limits and juris- U Citizenhip'of child diction of the United States, whose father or mother or both at the born parent . of citizen time of the birth of such child is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States ; but the rights of Residence of parent . citizenship shall not descend to any such child unless the citizen father or citizen mother, as the case may be, has resided in the United States previous to the birth of such child . In cases where one of parent an alienhen one the parents is an alien, the right of citizenship shall not descend unless the child comes to the United States and resides therein for at least five years continuously immediately previous to his eighteenth birthday, and unless, within six months after the child's twenty-first birthday, he or she shall take an oath of allegiance to Oath of allegiance. the United States of America as prescribed by the Bureau of Naturalization ." SEC . 2 . Section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act in reference to the u S oll .. .' p. 1229 ; expatriation o f citizens an d their prote ction abroad ", appro ved March 2, 1907, as amended, is amended to read as follows " SEC. 5. That a child born without the United States of alien Acquisition of citi' zenship by child upon parents shall be deem ed a c itizen of the United States by vir tue of the n atura liza tion, etc ., o f naturalization of or resumption of American citizenship by the par ent. father or the mother : Provided, That such naturalization or resum - Mi no ino t. f lr ty of child. tion shall take place during the minority of such child : And pro- vided further, That the citizenship of such minor child shall begin ch dh to beginenship of five years after the time such minor child begins to reside perma- nently in the United States ." SEC . 3 . A citizen of the United States may upon marriage to a Renun ciati on o f cit i- zenship upon marriage foreigner make a formal ren unciation of his or her United States to foreigner. citizenship before a court having jurisdiction over naturalization of aliens, but no citizen may make such renunciation in time of war, In time of war . and if war shall be declared within one year after such renunciation then such renunciation shall be void . SEC . 4 . Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act relative to the u s•c ., p. 158 1022; naturalization and citizenship of married women", approved Sep- tember 22, 1922, is amended to read as follows "SEC. 2. That an alien who marries a citizen of the United States Requirement s for , naturalization, alien s after the passage of this Act, as here amended, or an alien whose marri ed to cit izens. husband or wife is naturalized after the passage of this Act, as here amended, shall not become a citizen of the United States by reason of such marriage or naturalization ; but, if eligible to citizen- ship, he or she may be naturalized upon full and complete compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions : " (a) No declaration of intention shall be required . n D neeclaration of inters . " (b) In lieu of the five-year period of residence within the Residence. United States and the one-year period of residence within the State or Territory where the naturalization court is held, he or she shall have resided continuously in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, or Porto Rico for at least three years immediately preceding the filing of the petiti on ."