[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4532 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4532

To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow nationals of the United 
    States to attend military service academies and receive Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships on the condition that the 
                individual naturalize before graduation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2004

 Mr. Faleomavaega introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow nationals of the United 
    States to attend military service academies and receive Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships on the condition that the 
                individual naturalize before graduation.

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

SECTION 1. AGREEMENT FOR UNITED STATES NATIONALS TO BECOME CITIZENS 
              BEFORE COMPLETION OF CERTAIN MILITARY PRECOMMISSIONING 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 101 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2015. United States nationals: agreement to become citizen 
              before completion of precommissioning program
    ``(a) As a condition to the Secretary concerned admitting a person 
who is a national of the United States but not a citizen of the United 
States to a precommissioning program specified in subsection (c), the 
Secretary shall require such person to enter into a written agreement 
with the Secretary under the terms of which such person shall agree--
            ``(1) to apply for and complete naturalization under 
        section 325 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
        1436) before completion of such precommissioning program; and
            ``(2) that if such person fails to apply for and complete 
        naturalization in accordance with the agreement, such person 
        shall be subject to the penalties under section 2005 of this 
        title in the same manner as a person who voluntarily fails to 
        fulfill any term or condition of an agreement described in such 
        section.
    ``(b) The requirements of sections 2104(b)(1), 2107(b)(1), and 
2107a(b)(1) of this title shall not apply to a national of the United 
States who enters into an agreement described in subsection (a) with 
respect to participation in a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
program.
    ``(c) The precommissioning programs referred to in subsection (a) 
are--
            ``(1) the programs of instruction and training offered by 
        the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval 
        Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, and the United 
        States Coast Guard Academy; and
            ``(2) the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs 
        offered under sections 2107 and 2107a of this title and the 
        advanced training offered in Senior Reserve Officers' Training 
        Corps programs under section 2104 of this title.
    ``(d) In this section:
            ``(1) The term `advanced training' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 2101(3) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `national of the United States' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(a)(22) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1436).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2015. United States nationals: agreement to become citizen before 
                            completion of precommissioning program.''.
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