Birth Tourism Elimination Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5527 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5527 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 24, 2026 Mr. Scott of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Birth Tourism Elimination Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings; sense of Congress. Sec. 3. Inadmissibility of aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States. Sec. 4. Codification of Department of State rule clarifying eligibility for B-2 tourist visas. Sec. 5. Prohibition on using the Visa Waiver Program for birth tourism. Sec. 6. Secondary inspections. Sec. 7. Expedited removal for birth tourism. Sec. 8. Enhancement of criminal penalties for facilitating, sponsoring, organizing, or profiting from birth tourism. Sec. 9. Reporting requirements. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Birth tourism is the practice of foreign nationals traveling to the United States for the primary purpose of obtaining United States citizenship for a ch