[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3360 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3360

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
      automatic acquisition of citizenship by certain Amerasians.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2003

   Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Case, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. 
     Millender-McDonald, Mr. Farr, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. 
    Abercrombie, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Emanuel, and Mr. 
  Gutierrez) 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 provide for the 
      automatic acquisition of citizenship by certain Amerasians.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Amerasian Naturalization Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN AMERASIANS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 320 the 
following:

      ``amerasian immigrants; conditions under which citizenship 
                         automatically acquired

    ``Sec. 321. A person automatically becomes a citizen of the United 
States when the person is residing in the United States pursuant to a 
lawful admission as an immigrant under section 584 of the Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
1988 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note), if the person was considered a principal 
alien pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(A) of such section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Immigration 
and Nationality Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 320 the following:

``321. Amerasian immigrants; conditions under which citizenship 
                            automatically acquired.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
apply to individuals who satisfy the requirements of section 321 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (as added by subsection (a)) before, 
on, or after such date.
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