Speech #840131710

H. R. 7588. by the gentleman from Ohio . as now reported by the conferees. was originally a private bill introduced for the relief of one Jane Edith Thomas. a 4yearold child. who was born in Italy In 1951 of a United States citizen father. a soldier stationed abroad with the United States Armed Forces. The mother of the child was a national of Italy. and due to the fact that a wartime statute had expired before the enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Act. commonly known as the McCarranWalter Act. the child did not acquire citizenship at birth. This bill would apply not only to Jane Edith Thomas but to all children born under identical circumstances to an alien parent and to a parent who is a citizen of the United States and served in the United States Armed Forces after December 31. 1946. and before December 24. 1952. As of that latter date. the present law takes care of the situation.