3.0.0 1815 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z 2023-01-13T04:49:49Z Senate S S 2005-10-04 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-10-04T15:24:33Z Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2005 109 4168 HR 2006-02-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. Identical bill CRS 2005-12-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13467-13468) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2005-10-04 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10974-10975) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2005-10-04 True I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2005-10-18 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-11-02 False S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2006-03-29 False F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. 2006-03-30 False M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2006-03-30 False Immigration Administrative procedure Allegiance Awards, medals, prizes Citizenship Civics education Commemorations Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Homeland Security Economics and Public Finance Education Embassies English language Federal aid to education Foundations Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Higher education History Immigrant education Immigrants International Affairs Law Naturalization Oaths Residence requirements Social Welfare Immigration 00 2005-10-04 Introduced in Senate 2005-12-08T20:10:55Z Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2005 - Directs the Chief of the Office of Citizenship of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide grants (not to exceed $500) to assist legal U.S. residents who declare an intent to apply for citizenship in the United States to meet naturalization requirements.

Provides such grants to an accredited institution of higher education or other qualified educational institution for tuition, fees, books, and other educational resources required by the English language course in which the legal resident is enrolled.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide that a legal U.S. resident who demonstrates English fluency will satisfy the residency requirement upon the completion of four (currently, five years) years of continuous U.S. legal residency.

Directs the Secretary of DHS to: (1) establish an American citizenship grant program for qualified entities to provide civics, history, and English classes to promote the patriotic integration of prospective citizens; (2) establish the United States Citizenship Foundation to support the functions of the Office of Citizenship; and (3) implement a strategy to enhance public awareness of naturalization ceremonies.

Amends INA to set forth a new oath of allegiance. Directs the Secretary to: (1) incorporate a knowledge and understanding of the oath of allegiance into the history and government citizenship test; and (2) notify the embassy of the country of which a new citizen was a citizen or subject that such citizen has renounced allegiance to that foreign country, and sworn allegiance to the United States.

Establishes a new citizens award program to recognize citizens who: (1) have made an outstanding contribution to the United States; and (2) were naturalized during the ten-year period ending on the date of such recognition.

]]> Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2005 Display Title Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to prescribe the binding oath or affirmation of renunciation and allegiance required to be naturalized as a citizen of the United States, to encourage and support the efforts of prospective citizens of the United States to become citizens, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1815is/xml/BILLS-109s1815is.xml 2005-12-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S13467-13468) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.