[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6198 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6198

To provide that no alien may be naturalized as a citizen of the United 
States until such time as the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
  Enforcement completes the digitization of all remaining paper-based 
     fingerprint records for inclusion in the Automated Biometric 
 Identification System (IDENT) of the Department of Homeland Security, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2016

Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Olson, 
Mr. Chabot, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Barletta, and Mr. Gohmert) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that no alien may be naturalized as a citizen of the United 
States until such time as the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
  Enforcement completes the digitization of all remaining paper-based 
     fingerprint records for inclusion in the Automated Biometric 
 Identification System (IDENT) of the Department of Homeland Security, 
                        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. LIMITATION ON THE NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
alien may be naturalized as a citizen of the United States under 
chapter 2 of title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1421 et seq.) until such time as the Director of U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement completes the digitization of all remaining paper-
based fingerprint records for inclusion in the Automated Biometric 
Identification System (IDENT) of the Department of Homeland Security.
    (b) Pending Applications.--Upon the completion of the requirement 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, prior 
to naturalizing as a citizen of the United States an alien who has an 
application for naturalization pending on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, review the alien's eligibility for naturalization using the 
updated Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).
    (c) Revocation of Naturalization.--Section 340 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1451) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(i) In the case that an officer or employee of the Department of 
Homeland Security has good cause to believe that a naturalized citizen 
has illegally procured such benefit, or procured such benefit by 
concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation, 
including being subject to a final deportation order, whether under the 
current identity or under another identity of that individual, such 
officer or employee shall prepare an affidavit described in subsection 
(a) and submit such affidavit to the appropriate United States attorney 
described in that subsection. Upon receipt of such an affidavit, such 
United States attorney shall institute the proceedings described in 
subsection (a).''.
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