[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1678 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1678

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that public 
ceremonies for the admission of new citizens shall be conducted solely 
                              in English.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 18 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

Mr. Faircloth (for himself, Mr. Exon, Mr. Durenberger, Mr. Simpson, Mr. 
 Gregg, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Helms, Mr. Craig, Mr. Thurmond, and 
 Mr. Stevens) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that public 
ceremonies for the admission of new citizens shall be conducted solely 
                              in English.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT FOR CEREMONIES FOR ADMISSION OF 
              NEW CITIZENS.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 337(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1448(d)) is amended by adding at the end ``All public 
ceremonies in which the oath of allegiance is administered pursuant to 
this section shall be conducted solely in the English language.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

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