[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4498 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4498

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize a case-by-
  case waiver of certain naturalization requirements for children of 
 members of the Armed Forces who are adopted outside the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 8, 2005

Mr. Strickland 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 authorize a case-by-
  case waiver of certain naturalization requirements for children of 
 members of the Armed Forces who are adopted outside the United States.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF WAIVER OF CERTAIN NATURALIZATION 
              REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
              WHO ARE ADOPTED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1433) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) In the case of a child who is adopted outside the United 
States by a member of the Armed Forces who at the time of adoption is 
stationed outside the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
may waive on a case-by-case basis the following requirements insofar as 
the member's service outside the United States may prevent the 
satisfaction of such requirements:
            ``(1) Paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subsection (a).
            ``(2) Subsection (b), insofar as it requires the taking and 
        subscribing the oath of allegiance within the United States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to children adopted before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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