[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1731]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 23--PROTECTION OF CITIZENS ABROAD
Sec. 1731. Protection to naturalized citizens abroad
All naturalized citizens of the United States while in foreign
countries are entitled to and shall receive from this Government the
same protection of persons and property which is accorded to native-born
citizens.
(R.S. Sec. 2000.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2000 derived from Act July 27, 1868, ch. 249, Sec. 2, 15
Stat. 224.
Section was formerly classified to section 903a of Title 8, Aliens
and Nationality.
Equitable Treatment by United States of Its Citizens Living Abroad
Pub. L. 95-426, title VI, Sec. 611, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 989, as
amended by Pub. L. 96-60, title IV, Sec. 407, Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat.
405; Pub. L. 97-241, title V, Sec. 505(a)(2)
