Federal · Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
8 U.S.C. § 1489: Application of treaties; exceptions
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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.
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