Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

8 U.S.C. § 1402

Persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899

All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after , and prior to , subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, residing on , in Puerto Rico or other territory over which the United States exercises rights of sovereignty and not citizens of the United States under any other Act, are declared to be citizens of the United States as of . All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after , and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are citizens of the United States at birth.

June 27, 1952, ch. 47766 Stat. 236(, title III, ch. 1, § 302, .)