[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6952 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6952

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
   authorize pilot or demonstration programs to prepare high school 
          students to pass the United States citizenship exam.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2008

   Mr. Baca introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
   authorize pilot or demonstration programs to prepare high school 
          students to pass the United States citizenship exam.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    The Act may be cited as the ``People Resolved to Obtain an 
Understanding of Democracy (P.R.O.U.D.) Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAMS TO PREPARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PASS THE UNITED 
              STATES CITIZENSHIP EXAM.

    Section 5411(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7241(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) Demonstration or pilot programs to develop and 
        implement a secondary school curriculum to assist high school 
        students who intend to apply for United States citizenship to 
        meet the requirements under section 312 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1423).''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 to carry out 
this Act for fiscal year 2010.
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