[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6223 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6223

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 an executive level security position is to be 
 counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United 
  States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization if at least a 
portion of such period was spent in Iraq or Afghanistan, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2012

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

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                                 A BILL


 
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 an executive level security position is to be 
 counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United 
  States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization if at least a 
portion of such period was spent in Iraq or Afghanistan, 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) 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 working with the 
                Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a 
                translator, interpreter, or in an executive level 
                security position; and
                    ``(B) the person spent at least a portion of the 
                time outside of the United States working directly with 
                the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a 
                translator, interpreter, or in an executive level 
                security position in Iraq or Afghanistan.''.
    (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).
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