Her mother was a national of Italy. The child did not acquire citizenship at birth because she was born in 1951 when a wartime statute -had expired. Under the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act. the child would have acquired United States citizenship at birth. The Senate amended the bill by substituting language which would grant the same benefits. not only to Jane Edith Thomas but to all children born abroad of a citizen parent. who served in our Armed Forces between December 31. 1946. and December 24. 1952. and an alien parent. This conference report adopts the Senate version. whereby the provisions of existing law would extend to all cases involving children born to an alien parent and to a parent who is a citizen of this country. who served in the Armed Forces after December 31. 1946. and before December 24. 1952.
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