2020 US Code
Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality
Chapter 12 - Immigration and Nationality
Subchapter III - Nationality and Naturalization
Part III - Loss of Nationality
Sec. 1489 - Application of treaties; exceptions

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Citation 8 U.S.C. § 1489 (2020)
Section Name §1489. Application of treaties; exceptions
Section Text

Nothing in this subchapter shall be applied in contravention of the provisions of any treaty or convention to which the United States is a party and which has been ratified by the Senate before December 25, 1952: Provided, however, That no woman who was a national of the United States shall be deemed to have lost her nationality solely by reason of her marriage to an alien on or after September 22, 1922, or to an alien racially ineligible to citizenship on or after March 3, 1931, or, in the case of a woman who was a United States citizen at birth, through residence abroad following such marriage, notwithstanding the provisions of any existing treaty or convention.

Source Credit

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 3, §357, 66 Stat. 272; Pub. L. 100–525, §9(ii), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2622.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES AMENDMENTS

1988—Pub. L. 100–525 substituted "before December 25, 1952" for "upon the effective date of this subchapter".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
SUBCHAPTER III - NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION
Part III - Loss of Nationality
Sec. 1489 - Application of treaties; exceptions
Contains section 1489
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 66 Stat. 272
102 Stat. 2622
Public Law References Public Law 100-525
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