[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5052 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5052

 To amend Public Law 110-36 to clarify that a period of employment by 
   the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a security 
  advisor, translator, or interpreter in Iraq or Afghanistan is to be 
 counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United 
         States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2010

   Mr. Dent introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend Public Law 110-36 to clarify that a period of employment by 
   the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a security 
  advisor, translator, or interpreter in Iraq or Afghanistan is to be 
 counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United 
         States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ABSENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES 
              DUE TO EMPLOYMENT AS A TRANSLATOR OR INTERPRETER IN IRAQ 
              OR AFGHANISTAN.

    (a) In General.--Section 1(e)(1) of Public Law 110-36 (121 Stat. 
228) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--A period of absence from the United 
        States described in paragraph (2)--
                    ``(A) shall not be considered to break any period 
                for which continuous residence or physical presence in 
                the United States is required for naturalization under 
                title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1401 et seq.); and
                    ``(B) shall be treated as a period of residence and 
                physical presence in the United States for purposes of 
                satisfying the requirements for naturalization under 
                such title.''.
    (b) Absence Described.--Section 1(e)(2)(A) of Public Law 110-36 
(121 Stat. 228) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) such employment involved working with the 
                Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as 
                translator, interpreter, or in a security position; 
                and''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of Public Law 110-36.
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