[112th Congress Public Law 227]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]



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Public Law 112-227
112th Congress

                                 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. <<NOTE: Dec. 28, 2012 -  [H.R. 
                                6223]>> 

    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.''.

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    (b) Effective Date.--The <<NOTE: 8 USC 1101 note.>> 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).

    Approved December 28, 2012.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 6223:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 158 (2012):
            Dec. 5, considered and passed House.
            Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate.

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