[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1846 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1846

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the Attorney 
General to deem that an applicant for naturalization has taken an oath 
of renunciation and allegiance in certain cases where the applicant is 
                   medically unable to take the oath.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 1999

 Ms. Lofgren 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 deem that an applicant for naturalization has taken an oath 
of renunciation and allegiance in certain cases where the applicant is 
                   medically unable to take the oath.

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

SECTION 1. PERMITTING ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DEEM THAT THE OATH OF 
              RENUNCIATION AND ALLEGIANCE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN CERTAIN 
              CASES WHEN APPLICANT IS MEDICALLY UNABLE TO TAKE THE 
              OATH.

    (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 deem that the oath has been taken if the 
applicant has fulfilled all other requirements for naturalization and 
became medically unable to take the oath, as determined by the Attorney 
General, after fulfilling the requirements of section 312(a).''.
    (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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