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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3928

To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow nationals of the United 

States to attend military service academies and receive Reserve Officers’ 

Training Corps (ROTC) scholarships on the condition that the individual 

naturalize before graduation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2004

Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow nationals 

of the United States to attend military service academies 

and receive Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) 

scholarships on the condition that the individual naturalize before graduation.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. AGREEMENT FOR UNITED STATES NATIONALS 

2 TO BECOME CITIZENS BEFORE COMPLETION 

3 OF CERTAIN MILITARY PRECOMMISSIONING 

4 PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 101 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 2015. United States nationals: agreement to be9 come citizen before completion of 

10 precommissioning program 

11 ‘‘(a) As a condition to the Secretary concerned admit12 ting a person who is a national of the United States but 

13 not a citizen of the United States to a precommissioning 

14 program specified in subsection (c), the Secretary shall re15 quire such person to enter into a written agreement with 

16 the Secretary under the terms of which such person shall 

17 agree—

18 ‘‘(1) to apply for and complete naturalization 

19 under section 325 of the Immigration and Nation20 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1436) before completion of such 

21 precommissioning program; and 

22 ‘‘(2) that if such person fails to apply for and 

23 complete naturalization in accordance with the 

24 agreement, such person shall be subject to the pen25 alties under section 2005 of this title in the same 

26 manner as a person who voluntarily fails to fulfill 
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1 any term or condition of an agreement described in 

2 such section. 

3 ‘‘(b) The requirements of sections 2104(b)(1), 

4 2107(b)(1), and 2107a(b)(1) of this title shall not apply 

5 to a national of the United States who enters into an 

6 agreement described in subsection (a) with respect to par7 ticipation in a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

8 program. 

9 ‘‘(c) The precommissioning programs referred to in 

10 subsection (a) are—

11 ‘‘(1) the programs of instruction and training 

12 offered by the United States Military Academy, the 

13 United States Naval Academy, the United States Air 

14 Force Academy, and the United States Coast Guard 

15 Academy; and 

16 ‘‘(2) the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 

17 Corps programs offered under sections 2107 and 

18 2107a of this title and the advanced training offered 

19 in Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs 

20 under section 2104 of this title. 

21 ‘‘(d) In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) The term ‘advanced training’ has the 

23 meaning given that term in section 2101(3) of this 

24 title. 
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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘national of the United States’ 

2 has the meaning given that term in section 

3 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

4 (8 U.S.C. 1436).’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

6 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new item:

‘‘2015. United States nationals: agreement to become citizen before completion 

of precommissioning program.’’.

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