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[CITE: 22USC1731]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                CHAPTER 23--PROTECTION OF CITIZENS ABROAD
 
Sec. 1731. Protection to naturalized citizens abroad

    All naturalized citizens of the United States while in foreign 
countries are entitled to and shall receive from this Government the 
same protection of persons and property which is accorded to native-born 
citizens.

(R.S. Sec. 2000.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 2000 derived from Act July 27, 1868, ch. 249, Sec. 2, 15 
Stat. 224.
    Section was formerly classified to section 903a of Title 8, Aliens 
and Nationality.


   Equitable Treatment by United States of Its Citizens Living Abroad

    Pub. L. 95-426, title VI, Sec. 611, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 989, as 
amended by Pub. L. 96-60, title IV, Sec. 407, Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 
405; Pub. L. 97-241, title V, Sec. 505(a)(2), (b)(1), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 
Stat. 299, provided that: ``The Congress finds that--
        ``(1) United States citizens living abroad should be provided 
    fair and equitable treatment by the United States Government with 
    regard to taxation, citizenship of progeny, veterans' benefits, 
    voting rights, Social Security benefits, and other obligations, 
    rights, and benefits; and
        ``(2) United States statutes and regulations should be designed 
    so as not to create competitive disadvantage for individual American 
    citizens living abroad or working in international markets.''
