3.0.0 795 2023-01-11T19:46:34Z 2023-01-11T19:46:34Z Senate S S 2007-03-07 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-07T20:23:48Z Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 110 1379 HR 2007-03-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2007-03-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2007-03-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2803-2804) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-03-07 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-03-07 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2007-03-07 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-04-11 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2007-04-16 False Immigration Administrative fees Administrative procedure Aliens Citizenship Civics education Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Criminal justice information Department of Homeland Security Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Electronic government information English language Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grants-in-aid Identification of criminals Illegal aliens Immigrants Law Legal aid Naturalization Nonprofit organizations Public service advertising Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Immigration 00 2007-03-07 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-16T20:06:13Z 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.

]]> Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to assist aliens who have been lawfully admitted in becoming citizens of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s795is/xml/BILLS-110s795is.xml 2007-03-07 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.