CITIZENSHIP

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: allow noncitizen servicemembers to file for naturalization during basic training and permit certain deported veterans to apply for green card (see S. 5055), S5542 [29SE]

Bureau of the Census: prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in decennial census (see H.R. 7805), H5097 [17MY]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 85), H4707 [29AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program participants to enlist in military and obtain pathway to citizenship (see H.R. 9052), H8314 [29SE]

——— include citizenship status as part of minimum requirements with respect to driver’s licenses and identification cards issued by States (see H.R. 7960), H5332 [7JN]

——— require U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to facilitate naturalization services for noncitizen veterans who have been removed from the U.S. or are inadmissible (see H.R. 6797), H1131 [18FE]

——— secure southern border, provide earned path to citizenship, make e-verify mandatory, and establish American Worker Fund using immigrant restitution payments (see H.R. 6637), H1073 [8FE]

District of Columbia: prohibit from using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not U.S. citizens to vote in any election (see S. 5085), S6668 [14NO] (see H.R. 9557), H9852 [14DE]

Election Assistance Commission: prohibit payments to States and jurisdictions which fail to meet certain standards to protect integrity and certainty of Federal elections (see H.R. 6446), H288 [20JA]

Immigration: extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with U.S. Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities (see H.R. 6501), H301 [25JA]

——— protect stateless persons in U.S. (see S. 5330), S9778 [21DE] (see H.R. 9671), H10055 [22DE]

——— provide that State residency requirements for applicants for naturalized citizenship do not apply to spouses of servicemembers serving on active duty at U.S. locations (see H.R. 7028), H1422 [9MR]

——— remove Registry cutoff date, make eligibility cutoff rolling, and provide pathway to citizenship for immigrants residing in U.S. at least seven years prior to application filing (see S. 4974), S5225 [28SE] (see H.R. 8433), H6921 [20JY]

Puerto Rico: anniversary of granting U.S. citizenship to people (see S. Res. 535), S991 [3MR]

States: permit to include as part of mail voter registration forms requirement that applicants provide proof of citizenship (see H.R. 8223), H5918 [24JN]

Voting: clarify authority of States to remove noncitizens from voting rolls and require States to maintain separate voter registration lists for noncitizens (see H.R. 7959), H5332 [7JN]

——— prohibit individuals who are not U.S. citizens from voting in District of Columbia elections (see H.R. 9172), H8390 [11OC]

——— recognize that allowing illegal immigrants right to vote devalues franchise and diminishes voting power of U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 866), H78 [12JA]

Messages

National Emergency Relative to Hostage-Taking and Wrongful Detention of U.S. Citizens: President Biden, S3371 [19JY], H6869 [19JY]

Remarks in House

Bureau of the Census: prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in decennial census, H7836 [14SE]

——— prohibit use of questions on citizenship, nationality, or immigration status in decennial census (H.R. 7805), E516 [17MY]

Courts: decision in New York v. Dept. of Commerce relative to inclusion of question about citizenship in decennial census, H5860, H5861 [23JN]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Springs Learning Center, E616 [14JN]

Population: require Federal population surveys collecting voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation and gender identity to include question about citizenship, H5859–H5861 [23JN]

Virgin Islands: recognize anniversary of granting U.S. citizenship to people and contributions to U.S. history and call for equitable treatment for territories, H4198 [6AP]

Voting: recognize that allowing illegal immigrants right to vote devalues franchise and diminishes voting power of U.S. citizens (H. Res. 866), H70–H72 [12JA]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: allow noncitizen servicemembers to file for naturalization during basic training and permit certain deported veterans to apply for a green card (S. 5055), S5553 [29SE]

Immigration: remove Registry cutoff date, make eligibility cutoff rolling, and provide pathway to citizenship for immigrants residing in U.S. at least seven years prior to application filing (S. 4974), S5228 [28SE]

Puerto Rico: anniversary of granting U.S. citizenship to people (S. Res. 535), S998 [3MR]

Texts of

S. Res. 535, granting U.S. citizenship to people in Puerto Rico anniversary, S996 [3MR]