I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6223 
To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by 
the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, 
interpreter, or in an executive level security position is to be counted 
as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States 
for purposes of qualifying for naturalization if at least a portion of 
such period was spent in Iraq or Afghanistan, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 26, 2012 
Mr. DENT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period 
of employment abroad by the Chief of Mission or United 
States Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in 
an executive level security position is to be counted as 
a period of residence and physical presence in the United 
States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization if 
at least a portion of such period was spent in Iraq 
or Afghanistan, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ABSENCE 
FROM THE UNITED STATES DUE TO CERTAIN 
EMPLOYMENT BY CHIEF OF MISSION OR 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1059(e) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 
1101 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) NATURALIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A period of absence from 
the United States described in paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) shall not be considered to break any 
period for which continuous residence or phys-
ical presence in the United States is required 
for naturalization under title III of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 et 
seq.); and 
‘‘(B) shall be treated as a period of resi-
dence and physical presence in the United 
States for purposes of satisfying the require-
ments for naturalization under such title. 
‘‘(2) ABSENCE
DESCRIBED.—A period of ab-
sence described in this paragraph is a period of ab-
sence from the United States due to a person’s em-
ployment by the Chief of Mission or United States 
Armed Forces, under contract with the Chief of Mis-
sion or United States Armed Forces, or by a firm 
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or corporation under contract with the Chief of Mis-
sion or United States Armed Forces, if— 
‘‘(A) such employment involved working 
with the Chief of Mission or United States 
Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in 
an executive level security position; and 
‘‘(B) the person spent at least a portion of 
the time outside of the United States working 
directly with the Chief of Mission or United 
States Armed Forces as a translator, inter-
preter, or in an executive level security position 
in Iraq or Afghanistan.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of section 1059(e) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note). 
Æ 
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