[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2687 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2687

    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

                              May 26, 2005

 Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California (for herself, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, 
Mr. Honda, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Loretta Sanchez 
  of California, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
  Grijalva, Mr. Farr, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
Moran of Virginia, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Millender-McDonald, 
    Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. 
 Abercrombie) 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''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATIC ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRANTS 
              BORN IN KOREA, VIETNAM, LAOS, KAMPUCHEA, OR THAILAND.

    (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 (8 
U.S.C. 1431) the following:

   ``certain immigrants born in korea, vietnam, laos, kampuchea, or 
  thailand; conditions under which citizenship automatically acquired

    ``Sec. 321. A person automatically becomes a citizen of the United 
States when the person is an alien lawfully admitted to the United 
States, and residing in the United States, having been issued an 
immigrant visa--
            ``(1) pursuant to a classification petition approved under 
        section 204(f); or
            ``(2) 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 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 320 the following new item:

``Sec. 321. Certain immigrants born in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, 
                            or Thailand; conditions under which 
                            citizenship is 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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