<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bill>
  <bill-type>s</bill-type>
  <hot-bill-category-id type="integer" nil="true"></hot-bill-category-id>
  <id type="integer">41805</id>
  <introduced type="integer">1173243600</introduced>
  <is-frontpage-hot type="boolean">false</is-frontpage-hot>
  <last-speech type="integer" nil="true"></last-speech>
  <last-vote-date type="integer" nil="true"></last-vote-date>
  <last-vote-roll type="integer" nil="true"></last-vote-roll>
  <last-vote-where nil="true"></last-vote-where>
  <lastaction type="integer">1173243600</lastaction>
  <number type="integer">795</number>
  <page-views-count type="integer">335</page-views-count>
  <pl nil="true"></pl>
  <plain-language-summary nil="true"></plain-language-summary>
  <rolls nil="true"></rolls>
  <session type="integer">110</session>
  <sponsor-id type="integer">400629</sponsor-id>
  <summary>	3/7/2007--Introduced.&lt;br/&gt;Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise provisions respecting: (1) immigration service fees; and (2) naturalization testing. Prohibits an applicant or petitioner for U.S. permanent residence or citizenship from being required to use an electronic method to file any application to, or access a customer account. Requires: (1) a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study and report on naturalization background checks; and (2) the Attorney General to make reasonable efforts to complete background checks of applicants for temporary or permanent residence or citizenship within 90 days. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a national citizenship promotion program to assist lawful permanent resident aliens become citizens.&lt;br/&gt;</summary>
  <topresident-date type="integer">1173243600</topresident-date>
  <topresident-datetime type="date">2007-03-07</topresident-datetime>
  <updated type="timestamp">Fri Nov 07 13:57:38 -0600 2008</updated>
  <bill-titles type="array">
    <bill-title>
      <as>introduced</as>
      <bill-id type="integer">41805</bill-id>
      <fti-titles>'law':9 'bill':2 'unit':16 'admit':10 'alien':5 'becom':12 'state':17 'assist':4 'purpos':21 'citizen':13</fti-titles>
      <id type="integer">42079</id>
      <is-default type="boolean" nil="true"></is-default>
      <title>A bill to assist aliens who have been lawfully admitted in becoming citizens of the United States, and for other purposes.</title>
      <title-type>official</title-type>
    </bill-title>
    <bill-title>
      <as>introduced</as>
      <bill-id type="integer">41805</bill-id>
      <fti-titles>'act':3 '2007':5 'promot':2 'citizenship':1</fti-titles>
      <id type="integer">44732</id>
      <is-default type="boolean" nil="true"></is-default>
      <title>Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007</title>
      <title-type>short</title-type>
    </bill-title>
  </bill-titles>
  <last-action>
    <action-type>action</action-type>
    <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
    <bill-id type="integer">41805</bill-id>
    <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
    <date type="integer">1173243600</date>
    <datetime type="timestamp">Wed Mar 07 00:00:00 -0600 2007</datetime>
    <how nil="true"></how>
    <id type="integer">106194</id>
    <result nil="true"></result>
    <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
    <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
    <text>Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2803-2804)</text>
    <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
    <where nil="true"></where>
  </last-action>
  <sponsor>
    <biography nil="true"></biography>
    <bioguideid>O000167</bioguideid>
    <birthday type="date">1961-08-04</birthday>
    <congress-office nil="true"></congress-office>
    <contact-webform nil="true"></contact-webform>
    <district nil="true"></district>
    <email nil="true"></email>
    <fax nil="true"></fax>
    <firstname>Barack</firstname>
    <fti-names>'obama':2,4,6 'barack':1,3,5</fti-names>
    <gender>M</gender>
    <id type="integer">400629</id>
    <lastname>Obama</lastname>
    <metavid-id>Barack_Obama</metavid-id>
    <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
    <name>Barack Obama</name>
    <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
    <osid>N00009638</osid>
    <page-views-count type="integer">54311</page-views-count>
    <party>Democrat</party>
    <phone nil="true"></phone>
    <religion>United Church of Christ</religion>
    <state nil="true"></state>
    <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
    <title nil="true"></title>
    <unaccented-name>Barack Obama</unaccented-name>
    <url nil="true"></url>
    <user-approval type="float">3.72651356993737</user-approval>
    <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
    <website nil="true"></website>
    <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
  </sponsor>
  <co-sponsors type="array">
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>B000468</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1943-10-03</birthday>
      <congress-office>703 Hart Senate Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://bingaman.senate.gov/contact/</contact-webform>
      <district nil="true"></district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-224-2852</fax>
      <firstname>Jeff</firstname>
      <fti-names>'d':4 'nm':5 'sen':1 'jeff':2,6,8 'bingaman':3,7,9</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">300009</id>
      <lastname>Bingaman</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Jeff_Bingaman</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]</name>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00006518</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">10087</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone>202-224-5521</phone>
      <religion>Methodist</religion>
      <state>NM</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Sen.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Jeff Bingaman</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">4.4</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://bingaman.senate.gov</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>D000563</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1944-11-21</birthday>
      <congress-office>309 Hart Senate Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://durbin.senate.gov/contact.cfm</contact-webform>
      <district nil="true"></district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-228-0400</fax>
      <firstname>Richard</firstname>
      <fti-names>'d':4 'il':5 'sen':1 'durbin':3,7,9 'richard':2,6,8</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">300038</id>
      <lastname>Durbin</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Richard_Durbin</metavid-id>
      <middlename>J.</middlename>
      <name>Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]</name>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00004981</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">16452</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone>202-224-2152</phone>
      <religion>Roman Catholic</religion>
      <state>IL</state>
      <sunlight-nickname>Dick</sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Sen.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Richard Durbin</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">3.92929292929293</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://durbin.senate.gov</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>L000304</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1942-02-24</birthday>
      <congress-office>706 Hart Senate Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://lieberman.senate.gov/contact/</contact-webform>
      <district nil="true"></district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-224-9750</fax>
      <firstname>Joseph</firstname>
      <fti-names>'ct':5 'sen':1 'joseph':2,6,8 'lieberman':3,7,9</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">300067</id>
      <lastname>Lieberman</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Joseph_Lieberman</metavid-id>
      <middlename>I.</middlename>
      <name>Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]</name>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00000616</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">12616</page-views-count>
      <party>Independent</party>
      <phone>202-224-4041</phone>
      <religion>Jewish</religion>
      <state>CT</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Sen.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Joseph Lieberman</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">3.13253012048193</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://lieberman.senate.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>M000639</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1954-01-01</birthday>
      <congress-office>528 Hart Senate Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm</contact-webform>
      <district nil="true"></district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-228-2197</fax>
      <firstname>Robert</firstname>
      <fti-names>'d':4 'nj':5 'bob':8 'sen':1 'robert':2,6,9 'menendez':10 'men&#233;ndez':3,7</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400272</id>
      <lastname>Men&#233;ndez</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Robert_Menendez</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Sen. Robert Men&#233;ndez [D, NJ]</name>
      <nickname>Bob</nickname>
      <osid>N00000699</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">13684</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone>202-224-4744</phone>
      <religion>Roman Catholic</religion>
      <state>NJ</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Sen.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Robert Menendez</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">2.11764705882353</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://menendez.senate.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id>SenatorMenendezNJ</youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>S001163</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1955-03-02</birthday>
      <congress-office nil="true"></congress-office>
      <contact-webform nil="true"></contact-webform>
      <district nil="true"></district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax nil="true"></fax>
      <firstname>Ken</firstname>
      <fti-names>'d':4 'co':5 'ken':2,6,8 'sen':1 'salazar':3,7,9</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400619</id>
      <lastname>Salazar</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Ken_Salazar</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]</name>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00026892</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">7424</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone nil="true"></phone>
      <religion nil="true"></religion>
      <state>CO</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Sen.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Ken Salazar</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">2.33333333333333</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website nil="true"></website>
      <youtube-id>SenatorSalazar</youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
  </co-sponsors>
  <actions type="array">
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">41805</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1173243600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Wed Mar 07 00:00:00 -0600 2007</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">106194</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2803-2804)</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>introduced</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">41805</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1173243600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Wed Mar 07 00:00:00 -0600 2007</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">95716</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text nil="true"></text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">41805</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1173243600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Wed Mar 07 00:00:00 -0600 2007</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">115556</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2803-2804)</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">41805</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1173243600</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Wed Mar 07 00:00:00 -0600 2007</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">95717</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <roll-calls type="array"/>
</bill>
