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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1714
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to naturalization 
through service in the Armed Forces of the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2003
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to 
naturalization through service in the Armed Forces of 
the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armed Forces Citizen-
ship Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. NATURALIZATION THROUGH SERVICE IN THE 
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) MINIMUM PERIOD OF SERVICE ELIMINATED.—
Section 328(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1439(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for a period or 
periods aggregating three years,’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF FEES RELAT-
ING TO NATURALIZATION.—Section 328(b) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1439(b)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(2) by adding after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no fee shall be charged or collected from the ap-
plicant for filing an application under subsection (a) 
or issuing a certificate of naturalization upon admis-
sion to citizenship, and no clerk of any State court 
shall charge or collect any fee for such services un-
less the laws of the State require such charge to be 
made, in which case nothing more than the portion 
of the fee required to be paid to the State shall be 
charged or collected.’’. 
(c) CONDUCT
OF NATURALIZATION PROCEEDINGS 
OVERSEAS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF 
THE UNITED STATES.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Sec-
retary of State, and the Secretary of Defense, shall ensure 
that any applications, interviews, filings, oaths, cere-
monies, or other proceedings under title III of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act relating to naturalization of 
members of the Armed Forces are available through 
United States embassies and consulates and, as prac-
ticable, United States military installations overseas. 
(d) REVOCATION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR SEPARATION 
FROM MILITARY SERVICE UNDER OTHER THAN HONOR-
ABLE CONDITIONS.—Section 328 of such Act is further 
amended by inserting after subsection (e) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(f) Citizenship granted pursuant to this section may 
be revoked in accordance with section 340 of this title if 
at any time subsequent to naturalization the person is sep-
arated from the military, air, or naval forces under other 
than honorable conditions, and such ground for revocation 
shall be in addition to any other provided by law. The fact 
that the naturalized person was separated from the service 
under other than honorable conditions shall be proved by 
a duly authenticated certification from the executive de-
partment under which the person was serving at the time 
of separation.’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
Section 328 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1439) is amended by striking ‘‘the Attorney Gen-
eral’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary of Homeland Security’’.
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