curity shall report to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 
Judiciary of the House of Representatives on a 
quarterly basis the following— 
‘‘(i) for adjudications, when the proc-
essing time of more than ten percent of 
any single category of immigration benefits 
surpasses the agency’s stated processing 
goal as of January 1, 2019; 
‘‘(ii) when the processing time of more 
than 5 percent of applications for legal 
permanent residence surpass 150 days; 
and 
‘‘(iii) when the processing time of 
more than 5 percent of applications for 
naturalization surpass 150 days. 
‘‘(5) FEE
WAIVERS
FOR
ADJUDICATION
AND 
NATURALIZATION SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 
provisions of this Act or any other law, the fol-
lowing fee waivers shall apply: 
‘‘(i) In the case of an alien whose in-
come is less than 150 percent of the Fed-
eral poverty line, no fee shall be charged or 
collected for an application, petition, ap-
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peal, motion, service or other service de-
scribed in section 286(m) or for the bio-
metrics capture or background check asso-
ciated with such services. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of an alien whose in-
come is less than 250 percent of the Fed-
eral poverty line, not more than 50 percent 
of the applicable fee shall be charged or 
collected for an application, petition, ap-
peal, motion, service or service described in 
section 286(m). 
‘‘(iii) In the case of an alien under fi-
nancial hardship due to extraordinary ex-
penses or other circumstances affecting his 
or her financial situation to the degree 
that he or she is unable to pay the fee, no 
fee shall be charged or collected for an ap-
plication, petition, appeal, motion, service 
or other service described in section 
286(m) or for the biometrics capture or 
background check associated with such 
services. 
‘‘(B) NO FEE CHARGED FOR WAIVER RE-
QUEST.—No fee shall be charged for a fee waiv-
er request described in subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(C) NO WAIVER FOR CERTAIN FEES.— 
The fee for employment-based petitions and ap-
plications prescribed by subsection (u) may not 
be waived. 
‘‘(D) 
MEANS-TESTED
BENEFITS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider 
the receipt of means-tested benefits as a cri-
terion for the purpose of demonstrating eligi-
bility for a fee waiver under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(E) APPLICATION FOR FEE WAIVER.—An 
alien requesting a waiver of fees under subpara-
graph (A) may submit either a form as pre-
scribed by the Secretary or an applicant-gen-
erated, written request for permission to have 
their immigration benefit request processed 
without payment of the required fee. 
‘‘(F) FEDERAL POVERTY LINE DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘Federal poverty 
line’ has the meaning given such term by the 
Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, as revised annually by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services in accordance with 
section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902).’’. 
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security should 
set fees under section 286(m)(34) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)(3)), as 
amended by subsection (a) of this section, at a level 
that ensures recovery of only the direct costs associ-
ated with the services described in such section 
286(m)(34); and 
(2) Congress should appropriate to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security such funds as may be 
necessary to cover— 
(A) the indirect costs associated with the 
services described in such section 286(m)(3); 
(B) the adjudication of refugee and asylum 
processing; 
(C) the costs of administering the System-
atic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) 
Program; 
(D) the adjudication of naturalization ap-
plications not covered in full by the fees paid by 
applicants; 
(E) the reduction or elimination of fees 
granted to fee waiver applicants; and 
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(F) grants to public and private nonprofits 
for the purposes of citizenship and training. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 286 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsections (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (k), 
(l), (n), (o), (q), (t), and (u), by striking ‘‘Attorney 
General’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary of Homeland Security’’; and 
(2) in subsection (r)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Depart-
ment of Justice’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of 
Homeland Security’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking 
‘‘Attorney General’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’. 
SEC. 302. REDUCE FINANCIAL OBSTACLES TO NATURALIZA-
TION. 
Section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
is amended by inserting after subsection (e) (and redesig-
nating all that follows): 
‘‘(f) FEE.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall impose a fee of no more than $50 for the consider-
ation of an application for naturalization. Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to limit the authority of the 
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Secretary to set adjudication fees for other benefit applica-
tions other than naturalization in accordance with section 
286(m).’’. 
SEC. 303. WAIVER OF ENGLISH REQUIREMENT FOR SENIOR 
NEW AMERICANS. 
Section 312 (8 U.S.C. 1423) is amended by striking 
subsection (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) The requirements under subsection (a) shall not 
apply to any person who— 
‘‘(1) is unable to comply with such require-
ments because of physical or mental disability, in-
cluding developmental or intellectual disability; or 
‘‘(2) on the date on which the person’s applica-
tion for naturalization is filed under section 334— 
‘‘(A) is older than 65 years of age; and 
‘‘(B) has been living in the United States 
for periods totaling at least 5 years after being 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 
‘‘(c) The requirement under subsection (a)(1) shall 
not apply to any person who, on the date on which the 
person’s application for naturalization is filed under sec-
tion 334— 
‘‘(1) is older than 50 years of age and has been 
living in the United States for periods totaling at 
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