What is the full title and text of the "Born in America" bill?
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Executive summary
The bill titled “Born in the USA Act” (House H.R.3368 and Senate S.646 in the 119th Congress) is short and narrowly framed: it would prohibit use of federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14160, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” (the Trump birthright-citizenship EO) [1] [2]. Official text is available on Congress.gov for H.R.3368 and S.646; both describe the act as “To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14160” and use that short title [1] [2].
1. What the bill is called and where to read the full text
The measure appears in two companion forms in the 119th Congress: H.R.3368, styled “Born in the USA Act of 2025,” and S.646, titled “Born in the USA Act.” Both entries on Congress.gov provide the bill text and explicitly state the bill’s purpose: to prohibit federal funding to implement Executive Order 14160 [1] [2]. The House text (H.R.3368) and the Senate text (S.646) are publicly posted on government sites: Congress.gov and the Government Publishing Office (govinfo) [1] [3].
2. The bill’s substantive content — short, focused, and procedural
Congress.gov summaries and the bill texts show the Born in the USA Act is not a broad rewrite of citizenship law but a funding prohibition: it seeks to bar use of federal funds to carry out that specific executive order [1] [2]. The bill frames its aim as blocking Executive Order 14160—“Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship”—from being implemented through federal agencies [4] [1].
3. Context: the executive order the bill targets
Executive Order 14160, issued January 20, 2025, attempted to limit automatic birthright citizenship in some cases and drew multiple legal challenges; courts blocked implementation and broader litigation reached the Supreme Court [4] [5]. The Born in the USA Act explicitly references that EO as the action it seeks to defund [2].
4. How this bill differs from other 2025 proposals on birthright citizenship
Separate legislation in 2025—most notably the Birthright Citizenship Act of 2025 (e.g., S.304 / H.R.569)—sought to change statutory definitions in the Immigration and Nationality Act to restrict who is “subject to the jurisdiction” and therefore a U.S. citizen at birth [6] [7]. By contrast, the Born in the USA Act does not amend INA or the Constitution; it aims only to withhold funds from implementing the president’s executive order [1] [2].
5. Political and legal stakes cited in reporting
Advocates for bills like the Birthright Citizenship Act argue statutory change is needed to align law with certain interpretations of the 14th Amendment; opponents say such changes would overturn long-standing precedent (United States v. Wong Kim Ark) and the 14th Amendment’s guarantee [8] [7]. The Born in the USA Act positions itself on the other side of the executive order: rather than altering who is a citizen by statute, it seeks to block an executive attempt to restrict birthright citizenship administratively [1] [2] [9].
6. Misinformation and naming confusion to watch for
Multiple circulating claims and viral posts in late 2025 referred to a “Born in America Act” or “Born In America” measure that would immediately strip naturalized citizens and dual citizens from office; fact-checkers and reporters found no such enacted law and warned the viral accounts conflated separate bills and used exaggerated metrics [10] [11]. The closest, real measures are the Born in the USA Act (defund EO 14160) and several separate bills aimed at limiting birthright citizenship by statutory definition [1] [6] [7].
7. Limits of the available sources and what’s not in them
Available sources provide the text and summary for H.R.3368 and S.646 and discuss related bills and litigation, but they do not report that the Born in the USA Act itself changed statutory citizenship definitions or forced resignations of federal officeholders; such claims are contradicted by fact-checkers who found no enacted law doing that [10] [11]. Available sources do not mention any enacted consequence like mass resignations tied to the Born in the USA Act [11].
8. Bottom line for readers
If you want the full, authoritative wording, read the bill texts on Congress.gov or GovInfo for H.R.3368 and S.646: both plainly state the short title and that the act’s single operative effect would be to prohibit federal funding to implement Executive Order 14160 [1] [2] [3]. Claims that a different “Born in America” law stripped citizens of office are not supported in the government records and have been debunked by fact-checking outlets [11] [10].