Congressional Updates
S2812: Disability Oath Waiver Legislation
S.2812
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a waiver of
the oath of renunciation and allegiance for naturalization of aliens having
certain disabilities.
- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WAIVER OF OATH OF RENUNCIATION AND ALLEGIANCE FOR NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS HAVING CERTAIN DISABILITIES.
- Section 337(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following: `The Attorney General may waive
the taking of the oath by a person if in the opinion of the Attorney General
the person is unable to understand, or to communicate an understanding of, its
meaning because of a physical or developmental disability or mental
impairment. If the Attorney General waives the taking of the oath by a person
under the preceding sentence, the person shall be considered to have met the
requirements of section 316(a)(3) with respect to attachment to the principles
of the Constitution and well disposition to the good order and happiness of
the United States.'.
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
- The amendment made by section 1 shall apply to persons applying for
naturalization before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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