3.0.0 1862 2022-11-01T13:51:07Z 2022-11-01T13:51:07Z Senate S 2019-06-13 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-13T19:54:08Z Citizenship Affordability Act 116 3328 HR 2019-07-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-06-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2019-06-13 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-06-13 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2019-06-13 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-06-13 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2019-06-13 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-06-13 True R000608 Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] Jacklyn Rosen D NV 2019-06-13 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-06-19 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-09-19 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-09-23 False Immigration Citizenship and naturalization Immigrant health and welfare Immigration status and procedures Poverty and welfare assistance User charges and fees Immigration 00 2019-06-13 Introduced in Senate 2020-02-27T16:09:52Z Citizenship Affordability Act

This bill provides for waivers and reductions for various naturalization-related fees for individuals below certain income levels. For an individual whose income is less than 150% of the federal poverty line, no fees shall be charged for various applications, such as applications for naturalization or for a replacement citizenship document. For individuals whose income is less than 250% of the federal poverty line, not more than 50% of a naturalization-related fee shall be charged or collected.

]]> Citizenship Affordability Act Display Title Citizenship Affordability Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Citizenship Affordability Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to limit the fees charged and collected from applicants for naturalization and related benefits based on poverty, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1862is/xml/BILLS-116s1862is.xml 2019-06-13 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.