[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3984 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3984

   To amend the Patriot Act to permit an alien lawfully admitted for 
   permanent residence whose spouse died as a result of a terrorist 
 activity on September 11, 2001, to apply for naturalization under the 
   conditions that would have applied if such death had not occurred.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2002

 Mr. Ferguson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Patriot Act to permit an alien lawfully admitted for 
   permanent residence whose spouse died as a result of a terrorist 
 activity on September 11, 2001, to apply for naturalization under the 
   conditions that would have applied if such death had not occurred.

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

SECTION 1. NATURALIZATION FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES.

    The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate 
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) 
Act of 2001 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 426 through 428 as sections 
        427 through 429, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 425 the following:

``SEC. 426. NATURALIZATION FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES.

    ``(a) In General.--In the case of an alien described in subsection 
(b), the alien may be naturalized in accordance with section 319(a) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430(a)) notwithstanding 
the alien's inability to satisfy the requirement in such section that 
the alien, during the three years immediately preceding the date of 
filing an application for naturalization, have been living in marital 
union with the citizen spouse.
    ``(b) Aliens Described.--An alien is described in this section if 
the alien--
            ``(1) was an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
        residence on September 11, 2001;
            ``(2) was, at the time of the citizen's death, the spouse 
        of a citizen of the United States who died as a direct result 
        of a specified terrorist activity; and
            ``(3) was not legally separated from the citizen at the 
        time of the citizen's death.''.
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