3.0.0 2165 2023-01-13T04:49:17Z 2023-01-13T04:49:17Z Senate S S 2005-12-21 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-12-22T01:03:05Z Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act 109 2097 S 2005-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Soldiers to Citizens Act 109 3947 S 2006-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10290-10291) Related bill CRS 2005-12-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2005-12-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-12-21 True S000064 Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] PAUL SARBANES D MD SPYROS 2005-12-21 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2006-02-27 False Immigration Administrative remedies Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Employee training Executive reorganization Families Federal employees Fingerprints Government Operations and Politics Government publications Government publicity Labor and Employment Law Military dependents Military personnel Naturalization Quality control Rating of employees Recruiting and enlistment Science, Technology, Communications Technology assessment Telephone Immigration 00 2005-12-21 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-10T20:33:16Z Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to use the fingerprints provided by an individual at the time of military enlistment to satisfy any fingerprint requirements as part of an application for naturalization if the individual: (1) may be naturalized under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) was fingerprinted in accordance with requirements of the Department of Defense (DOD) at the time of enlistment; and (3) submits an application for naturalization within 12 months after the date of enlistment.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish the position of Citizenship Advocate at each military entry processing station to provide information and assistance to members of the Armed Forces on the naturalization process.

Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a toll-free naturalization assistance telephone number available only to members and their families; and (2) after any modification of naturalization laws, update the appropriate application form, instructions and guidebook, and Internet website to reflect such modification.

Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) report to the congressional defense and judiciary committees on the entire process for adjudication of an application for naturalization; and (2) conduct a study on the implementation of this Act by the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense.

]]> Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act Display Title Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining United States citizenship, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act Introduced in Senate 2005-12-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2165is/xml/BILLS-109s2165is.xml 2005-12-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.