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[CITE: 8USC1483]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
             SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION
 
                      Part III--Loss of Nationality
 
Sec. 1483. Restrictions on loss of nationality

    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 1481(a) 
of this title, no national of the United States can lose United States 
nationality under this chapter while within the United States or any of 
its outlying possessions, but loss of nationality shall result from the 
performance within the United States or any of its outlying possessions 
of any of the acts or the fulfillment of any of the conditions specified 
in this Part if and when the national thereafter takes up a residence 
outside the United States and its outlying possessions.
    (b) A national who within six months after attaining the age of 
eighteen years asserts his claim to United States nationality, in such 
manner as the Secretary of State shall by regulation prescribe, shall 
not be deemed to have lost United States nationality by the commission, 
prior to his eighteenth birthday, of any of the acts specified in 
paragraphs (3) and (5) of section 1481(a) of this title.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 3, Sec. 351, 66 Stat. 269; Pub. 
L. 97-116, Sec. 18(r), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1621; Pub. L. 99-653, 
Sec. 20, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3658; Pub. L. 100-525, Sec. 8(o), Oct. 
24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2618; Pub. L. 103-416, title I, Sec. 105(a), Oct. 
25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4308; Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title VI, 
Sec. 671(b)(3), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-721.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-208 struck out comma after ``United 
States nationality''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-416 in section catchline substituted ``loss of 
nationality'' for ``expatriation'', in subsec. (a) substituted ``lose 
United States nationality'' for ``expatriate himself, or be 
expatriated'' and ``loss of nationality'' for ``expatriation'', and in 
subsec. (b) substituted ``lost United States nationality'' for 
``expatriated himself''.
    1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-525 amended Pub. L. 99-653. See 1986 
Amendment note below.
    1986--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-653, as amended by Pub. L. 100-525, 
substituted ``paragraphs (3)'' for ``paragraphs (2), (4),''.
    1981--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-116, Sec. 18(r)(1), substituted 
``paragraphs (6) and (7) of section 1481(a)'' for ``paragraphs (7), (8), 
and (9) of section 1481''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-116, Sec. 18(r)(2), substituted ``and (5)'' 
for ``(5), and (6)''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-208 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act 
of 1994, Pub. L. 103-416, see section 671(b)(14) of Pub. L. 104-208, set 
out as a note under section 1101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-525 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986, 
Pub. L. 99-653, see section 309(b)(15) of Pub. L. 102-232, set out as an 
Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendments note under section 
1101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-653 applicable to actions taken before, on, 
or after Nov. 14, 1986, see section 23(g) of Pub. L. 99-653, set out as 
a note under section 1481 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-116 effective Dec. 29, 1981, see section 
21(a) of Pub. L. 97-116, set out as a note under section 1101 of this 
title.


                          Right of Expatriation

    Provisions preserving the right and disavowal of foreign allegiance, 
see note under section 1481 of this title.
