To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain elderly persons from demonstrating an understanding of the English language and the history, principles, and form of government of the United States as a requirement for naturalization, and to permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice.
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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain elderly persons from demonstrating an understanding of the English language and the history, principles, and form of government of the United States as a requirement for naturalization, and to permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Mr. NADLER of New York (for himself, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WEINER, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. STARK, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. GUTIERREZ, and Mr. ENGEL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryCommentsClose CommentsPermalink
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain elderly persons from demonstrating an understanding of the English language and the history, principles, and form of government of the United States as a requirement for naturalization, and to permit certain other elderly persons to take the history and government examination in a language of their choice.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(C) is over sixty-five years of age and has been living in the United States for periods totaling at least five years subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent residence.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 3. FULFILLMENT BY ELDERLY PERSONS OF REQUIREMENT FOR NATURALIZATION RELATING TO KNOWLEDGE OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
‘(B) In the case of a person who, on the date of the filing of the person’s application for naturalization, as provided in section 334, is over sixty-five years of age and has been living in the United States for periods totaling at least five years subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent residence, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall permit the person to fulfill the requirement of subsection (a)(2) through an examination in a language other than English selected by the person.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
‘(C) In the case of a person who, on the date of the filing of the person’s application for naturalization, as provided in section 334, is over seventy-five years of age and has been living in the United States for periods totaling at least five years subsequent to a lawful admission for permanent residence, the requirement of subsection (a)(2) shall not apply.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to applications for naturalization pending on or after such date.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink
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U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.3604 as Introduced in House Senior Citizenship Act of 2009
