To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces of the United States.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting naturalization through service in the armed forces to: (1) reduce the required service from three years to two years; and (2) prohibit the imposition of a naturalization fee.

Provides for overseas naturalization proceedings for members of the armed forces.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1275 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1275

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the requirements 
 for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces 
                         of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2003

  Mr. Frost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change the requirements 
 for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces 
                         of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURALIZATION TO CITIZENSHIP THROUGH 
              SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Period of Required Service Reduced to 2 Years.--Section 328(a) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1439(a)) is amended by 
striking ``three'' and inserting ``two''.
    (b) Prohibition on Imposition of Fees Relating to Naturalization.--
Section 328(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1439(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (2) by adding after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fee 
        shall be charged or collected from the applicant for filing a 
        petition for naturalization or issuing a certificate of 
        naturalization upon his admission to citizenship, and no clerk 
        of any State court shall charge or collect any fee for such 
        services unless the laws of the State require such charge to be 
        made, in which case nothing more than the portion of the fee 
        required to be paid to the State shall be charged or 
        collected.''.
    (c) Conduct of Naturalization Proceedings Overseas for Members of 
the Armed Forces of the United States.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the 
Secretary of Defense, shall ensure that any applications, interviews, 
filings, oaths, ceremonies, or other proceedings under title III of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act relating to naturalization of members 
of the Armed Forces are available through United States embassies and 
consulates and, as practicable, United States military installations 
overseas.
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