‘‘SEC. 321. CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN UNITED STATES 
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS DEEMED SATISFIED.—In the 
case of an alien described in subsection (b), the alien shall 
be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of section 
312(a). 
‘‘(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described in 
this subsection if the alien submits an application for nat-
uralization under section 334 that contains the following: 
‘‘(1) Transcripts from public or private schools 
in the United States that demonstrate the following: 
‘‘(A) The alien completed grades 9 through 
12 in the United States and was graduated 
with a high school diploma. 
‘‘(B) The alien completed a curriculum 
that reflects knowledge of United States his-
tory, Government, and civics. 
‘‘(2) A copy of the alien’s high school di-
ploma.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 320 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Sec. 321. Citizenship for certain United States high school graduates.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 
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this Act and shall apply to applicants for naturalization 
who apply for naturalization on or after such date. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall promulgate regulations to carry out this sec-
tion and the amendments made by this section not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 305. FAMILY INTEGRATION. 
Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1151) is amended by striking in subsection 
(b)(2)(A)(i) the number ‘‘21’’ and inserting the number 
‘‘18’’. 
SEC. 306. REVISION OF GROUNDS FOR DEPORTATION. 
Section 237(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(5)) is repealed. 
SEC. 307. WAIVER TO ENSURE ACCESS TO CITIZENSHIP. 
The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
237(a)(3)(D) 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1227(a)(3)(D)), by inserting ‘‘and willfully’’ after 
‘‘falsely’’ each place such term appears; 
(2) in section 212(a)(6)(C)(ii) (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)), by inserting ‘‘and willfully’’ after 
‘‘falsely’’ each place such term appears; 
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(3) in section 212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I) (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I)), by striking ‘‘or any other Fed-
eral or State law’’; 
(4) in section 212(a)(6)(C)(iii) (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(6)(C)(iii)), by striking ‘‘of clause (i)’’; and 
(5) by amending section 212(i)(1) (8 U.S.C. 
1182(i)(1)) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) The Attorney General or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may, in the discretion of the At-
torney General or the Secretary, waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a)(6)(C)(ii) in the case of an im-
migrant who is the parent, spouse, son, or daughter 
of a United States citizen or of an alien lawfully ad-
mitted for permanent residence, or an alien granted 
classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 
204(a)(1)(A), if it is established to the satisfaction 
of the Attorney General or the Secretary that the 
admission to the United States of such alien would 
not be contrary to the national welfare, safety, or se-
curity of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 308. NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the Office of Citizen-
ship in United States Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices, in consultation with the Deputy Director for Citizen-
ship and Inclusion of the National Office of New Ameri-
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cans as established in title I of this Act, the Director of 
the National Park Service, the Archivist of the United 
States, and other appropriate Federal officials, shall de-
velop and implement a strategy to enhance the public 
awareness of naturalization ceremonies. 
(b) VENUES.—In developing the strategy under sub-
section (a), the Chief and the Deputy Director shall con-
sider the use of outstanding and historic locations as 
venues for select naturalization ceremonies. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
annually submit a report to Congress that contains— 
(1) the content of the strategy developed under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) the progress made towards the implementa-
tion of such strategy. 
SEC. 309. NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP PROMOTION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 
2020, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall es-
tablish a program to promote United States citizen-
ship. 
(2) DESIGNATION.—The program required by 
paragraph (1) shall be known as the ‘‘Proud to Be 
a United States Citizen Program’’ (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 
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(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—As part of the Program 
required by subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall carry out outreach activities in accordance 
with subsection (c). 
(c) OUTREACH.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity shall— 
(1) develop outreach materials targeted to non-
citizens who have been lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence to encourage such aliens to apply to 
become citizens of the United States; 
(2) make such outreach materials available 
through— 
(A) public service announcements; 
(B) advertisements; and 
(C) such other media as the Secretary de-
termines is appropriate; 
(3) conduct outreach activities targeted to non-
citizens eligible to apply for naturalization that in-
clude a communication by text, email and the United 
States postal service that includes on paper or in 
electronic form— 
(A) notice that the individual is possibly el-
igible to apply for naturalization; 
(B) information about the requirements of 
United States citizenship; 
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(C) information about the benefits of 
United States citizenship; 
(D) a pre-filled naturalization application 
containing the data the agency already has 
about the individual; 
(E) instructions about how to complete the 
application; and 
(F) information about where to get free or 
low-cost assistance to apply for naturalization 
and to prepare for the English and civics 
exams. 
SEC. 310. MISSION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND 
IMMIGRATION SERVICES. 
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
271(a)) is amended by inserting after section 271(a)(1) 
the following: 
‘‘(2) MISSION.—The mission statement of 
United States citizenship and immigration services 
shall read, ‘USCIS secures America’s promise as a 
Nation that welcomes of immigrants and refugees by 
providing accurate and useful information to our 
customers, granting humanitarian, immigration and 
citizenship benefits, promoting an awareness and un-
derstanding of citizenship, and ensuring the integ-
rity of our immigration system.’.’’. 
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SEC. 311. AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF ELIGIBLE INDI-
VIDUALS. 
(a) REQUIRING STATES TO ESTABLISH AND OPER-
ATE
AUTOMATIC
REGISTRATION
SYSTEM
FOR
THE 
NEWLY NATURALIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The chief State election offi-
cial of each State shall establish and operate a sys-
tem of automatic registration for newly naturalized 
individuals to vote for elections for Federal office in 
the State, in accordance with the provisions of this 
part. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this sec-
tion: 
(A) The term ‘‘automatic registration’’ 
means a system that registers an individual to 
vote in elections for Federal office in a State, 
if eligible, by transferring the information nec-
essary for registration from the Department of 
Homeland Security to election officials of the 
State so that, unless the individual affirmatively 
declines to be registered or is determined to be 
ineligible for registration, the individual will be 
registered to vote in such elections. 
(B) The term ‘‘newly naturalized’’ refers 
to an individual with an approved application 
for naturalization admitted for United States 
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citizenship who has taken the oath described in 
section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1448) and received a certificate 
of naturalization under section 338 of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1449). 
(b) REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BASED ON DEPART-
MENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY RECORDS.—The chief 
State election official shall— 
(1) upon receiving information from the Sec-
retary of the Department of Homeland Security con-
cerning a person who has received a certificate of 
naturalization pursuant to section 338 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act and who has not de-
clined such registration— 
(A) ensure that such person fulfills any 
local or State qualifications to register to vote 
related to legal competency and to past criminal 
convictions; and 
(B) determine whether such person is sub-
ject to privacy protections for victims of domes-
tic violence or for people with sensitive or high- 
profile professions; 
(2) not later than 15 days after the Secretary 
of the Department of Homeland Security has trans-
mitted information with respect to an individual pur-
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suant to section 312, ensure that the individual is 
registered to vote in elections for Federal office in 
the State if the individual is not disqualified from 
voting by reason of incompetency or past criminal 
conviction; 
(3) not later than 45 days after the Secretary 
has transmitted such information with respect to the 
individual, send written notice to the individual, in 
addition to other means of notice established by this 
part, of the individual’s voter registration status; 
and 
(4) exclude from all public availability or disclo-
sure the voter registration records of any such indi-
viduals who are protected by applicable State or 
local laws that prevent publication of the home ad-
dress and other personally identifying information 
about victims of domestic violence and people with 
sensitive or high-profile professions. 
(c) CONTENTS
OF WRITTEN NOTICE
TO NEWLY 
REGISTERED VOTERS.—The written notice chief State 
election officials shall promptly send each individual whose 
information is transmitted by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security pursuant to this part shall include— 
(1) notice that the individual has been reg-
istered to vote; 
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(2) the substantive qualifications of an elector 
in the State as listed in the mail voter registration 
application form for elections for Federal office pre-
scribed pursuant to section 9 of the National Voter 
Registration Act of 1993, the consequences of false 
registration, and a statement that the individual 
should cancel registration if the individual does not 
meet all those qualifications, and instructions for 
cancelling registration; and 
(3) instructions for correcting any erroneous in-
formation in the individual’s voter registration 
record. 
(d) TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER 18 YEARS 
OF AGE.—A State may not refuse to treat an individual 
as an eligible individual for purposes of this part on the 
grounds that the individual is less than 18 years of age 
at the time the Secretary receives information with respect 
to the individual, so long as the individual is at least 16 
years of age at such time. 
SEC. 312. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE IN REGISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this part, the 
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
assist the State’s chief election official in registering to 
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vote all newly naturalized individuals sworn in and issued 
a naturalization certificate by the Secretary. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY.— 
(1) INSTRUCTIONS ON AUTOMATIC REGISTRA-
TION.—The Secretary require each individual ap-
proved for naturalization to submit an executed doc-
ument at the time of taking of the oath described in 
section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
that— 
(A) informs the individual of the sub-
stantive qualifications of an elector in the State 
as listed in the mail voter registration applica-
tion form for elections for Federal office pre-
scribed pursuant to section 9 of the National 
Voter Registration Act of 1993, the con-
sequences of false registration, and that the in-
dividual should decline to register if the indi-
vidual does not meet all those qualifications; 
(B) informs the individual that voter reg-
istration is voluntary, and neither registering 
nor declining to register to vote will in any way 
affect the individual’s citizenship status or 
availability of services or benefits, nor be used 
for other purposes; 
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