Citizenship Act (DUBS)

Citizenship Act

Long title	An Act of the National Council of the Democratic Union of British States Respecting the implementation of laws and regulations regarding the creation of citizenship documents and connected matters in terms of citizenship
Nicknames	Citizenship Act
Enacted by	the 1st National Council
Effective	31st December, 2016
Introduced by	Rep. Horatio Eden (District of Britannia)
Current status	Active legislation
Citations
MSLC Citation	Citizenship Act DUN P 2016
DULC Citation	L1-2016-4
Legislative history
Considered by	House Committee on the Judiciary House Committee on Foreign Affairs House Committee on Administrative Affairs
Passed by House of Representatives	31st December, 2016 by unanimous House (1-0)
Rejected by House of Representatives	by 3
Signed by Lord President	31st December, 2016 by Lord President Horatio Eden
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The Citizenship Act (L1-2016-4) is an Act of the National Council of the Democratic Union of British States which creates a system of citizenship within the Union, requires the distribution of passports to all Union citizens, sets out basic immigration policy - "No person may enter the Democratic Union who does not have a passport issued by an authority the Democratic Union recognises and accepts or without a visa issued by the Department of State" - and creates the Department of State, an executive Department of the federal government.

Introduced to the House by Representative Horatio Eden (C-District of Britannia), it was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives on the 31st of December, 2016, and was signed into law by the Lord President on the same day.