[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 430 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 430

To modify the naturalization requirements related to physical presence 
 in the United States for alien translators granted special immigrant 
                    status, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2011

 Mr. Levin (for himself and Mr. Leahy) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To modify the naturalization requirements related to physical presence 
 in the United States for alien translators granted special immigrant 
                    status, 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. MODIFICATION OF PHYSICAL PRESENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALIENS 
              SERVING AS TRANSLATORS.

    Section 1059(e)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Continuous residence.--An absence from the 
                United States described in paragraph (2) shall not be 
                considered to break any period for which continuous 
                residence in the United States is required for 
                naturalization under title III of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).
                    ``(B) Physical presence.--In the case of a lawful 
                permanent resident, for an absence from the United 
                States described in paragraph (2), the time spent 
                outside of the United States in the capacity described 
                in paragraph (2) shall be counted towards the 
                accumulation of the required physical presence in the 
                United States.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall take effect as if included in 
the amendment made by section 1(c)(2) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
increase the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters 
who may be admitted to the United States as special immigrants, and for 
other purposes'', approved June 15, 2007 (Public Law 110-36; 121 Stat. 
227).
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