Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Part III · Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality
§ 1489. Application of treaties; exceptions
Statutory 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 : 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 , or to an alien racially ineligible to citizenship on or after , 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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 82–477 · 66 Stat. 609
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1489
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 3, § 357, 66 Stat. 272
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 3, § 357, 66 Stat. 272Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–525 § 9(ii) · 102 Stat. 2609
Substituted · 8 U.S.C. § 1489
Pub. L. 100–525 substituted “before December 25, 1952” for “upon the effective date of this subchapter”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–525 substituted “before December 25, 1952” for “upon the effective date of this subchapter”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(ii) Section 357 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1489) is amended by striking “upon the effective date of this title” and inserting “before December 25, 1952”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1988—Pub. L. 100–525 substituted “before ” for “upon the effective date of this subchapter”.
Credits
1952–1988 · 2 acts
- 1952June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 3, § 357, 66 Stat. 272
- 1988Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(ii), , 102 Stat. 2622.
Show as published
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 3, § 357, 66 Stat. 272; Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(ii), , 102 Stat. 2622.)