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[H.R. 6223 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6223

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and twelve


                                 An Act


 
 To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
 Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by the 
    Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, 
   interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or 
   managerial capacity is to be counted as a period of residence and 
 physical presence in the United States for purposes of qualifying for 
                 naturalization, and for other purposes.

    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 CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT BY CHIEF OF MISSION OR ARMED FORCES.
    (a) In General.--Section 1059(e) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended 
to read as follows:
    ``(e) Naturalization.--
        ``(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.
        ``(2) Period of absence described.--A period of absence 
    described in this paragraph is a period of absence from the United 
    States due to a person's employment by the Chief of Mission or 
    United States Armed Forces, under contract with the Chief of 
    Mission or United States Armed Forces, or by a firm or corporation 
    under contract with the Chief of Mission or United States Armed 
    Forces, if--
            ``(A) such employment involved supporting the Chief of 
        Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, 
        interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive 
        or managerial capacity; and
            ``(B) the person spent at least a portion of the time 
        outside the United States working directly with the Chief of 
        Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, 
        interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive 
        or managerial capacity.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 1059(e) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 
note).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.