[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1239 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1239

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney 
 General to waive the requirement that an applicant for naturalization 
    take an oath of renunciation and allegiance in cases where the 
 applicant is unable to understand its meaning because of a disability 
                         or mental impairment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 8, 1997

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney 
 General to waive the requirement that an applicant for naturalization 
    take an oath of renunciation and allegiance in cases where the 
 applicant is unable to understand its meaning because of a disability 
                         or mental impairment.

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

SECTION 1. PERMITTING WAIVER OF OATH REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN DISABLED 
              NATURALIZATION APPLICANTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 337(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1448(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``The Attorney General may waive the taking of the oath by a person if 
in the opinion of the Attorney General the person is unable to 
understand its meaning because of a physical or developmental 
disability or mental impairment.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 
applications for naturalization filed on or after such date and to such 
applications pending on such date.
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