United States Code

18 U.S.C. § 3291

Nationality, citizenship and passports

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Bills that would change it 15

  • S 4105 Naturalization Accountability Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 4393 DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025 Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 116 Stopping Border Surges Act Amends · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 3599 DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 3217 USA Act of 2023 Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 685 Stopping Border Surges Act Amends · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 6637 DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 7452 Updated Standards for Asylum (USA) Act of 2022 Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 1901 Stopping Border Surges Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 884 Stopping Border Surges Act Amends · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 586 Fix the Immigration Loopholes Act Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 574 Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act Amends · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 2192 SECURE Act of 2017 Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
  • S 1757 Building America's Trust Act Amends · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 2431 Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act Amends · introduced · 115th Congress

The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for violation of any provision of sections 1423 to 1428, inclusive, of chapter 69 and sections 1541 to 1544, inclusive, of chapter 75 of title 18 of the United States Code, or for conspiracy to violate any of such sections, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years after the commission of the offense.
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