HB449: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain naturalization requirements for United States nationals, and for other purposes.
- 1Introduced (current step)
- 2Passed One Chamber
- 3Passed Both Chambers
- 4Became Law
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Summary
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain naturalization requirements for United States nationals, and for other purposes.
Plain-language summary
This bill would change federal immigration law to allow some U.S. nationals to become citizens without meeting certain normal requirements for naturalization—the legal process of becoming a citizen. U.S. nationals are people who have American citizenship status but don't have all the rights of regular citizens; this group mainly includes people from U.S. territories and some other specific groups. The bill specifies which requirements would be waived but the details are not fully described here. The bill was recently introduced in Congress and has not yet moved to .
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