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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.</text>
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        <fullName>Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Considers the period spent by an alien working as an interpreter or translator with the U.S. Armed Forces or federal agencies under the Chief of Mission in Afghanistan and Iraq as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States for naturalization purposes.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend Public Law 110-36 to clarify that a period of employment by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a security advisor, translator, or interpreter in Iraq or Afghanistan is to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization.</title>
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