[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3911 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3911

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt members of the 
   Armed Forces from naturalization requirements relating to English 
language, knowledge of government, good moral character, and period of 
                                service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2005

 Mr. Gerlach 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 exempt members of the 
   Armed Forces from naturalization requirements relating to English 
language, knowledge of government, good moral character, and period of 
                                service.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM CERTAIN 
              NATURALIZATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) English Language, Knowledge of Government, and Good Moral 
Character.--Section 328(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1439(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) the requirements of sections 312(a) and 316(a)(3) 
        shall not apply.''.
    (b) Period of Service.--Section 328(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1439) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``for a period or periods aggregating one 
        year,''; and
            (2) by striking ``within six months'' and inserting ``at 
        any time''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply to 
applications for naturalization filed on, before, or after such date.
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