I 
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 natu-
ralize before graduation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AGREEMENT FOR UNITED STATES NATIONALS 
TO BECOME CITIZENS BEFORE COMPLETION 
OF CERTAIN MILITARY PRECOMMISSIONING 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 101 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 2015. United States nationals: agreement to be-
come 
citizen 
before 
completion 
of 
precommissioning program 
‘‘(a) As a condition to the Secretary concerned admit-
ting a person who is a national of the United States but 
not a citizen of the United States to a precommissioning 
program specified in subsection (c), the Secretary shall re-
quire such person to enter into a written agreement with 
the Secretary under the terms of which such person shall 
agree—
‘‘(1) to apply for and complete naturalization 
under section 325 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1436) before completion of such 
precommissioning program; and 
‘‘(2) that if such person fails to apply for and 
complete naturalization in accordance with the 
agreement, such person shall be subject to the pen-
alties under section 2005 of this title in the same 
manner as a person who voluntarily fails to fulfill
any term or condition of an agreement described in 
such section. 
‘‘(b) The requirements of sections 2104(b)(1), 
2107(b)(1), and 2107a(b)(1) of this title shall not apply 
to a national of the United States who enters into an 
agreement described in subsection (a) with respect to par-
ticipation in a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 
program. 
‘‘(c) The precommissioning programs referred to in 
subsection (a) are—
‘‘(1) the programs of instruction and training 
offered by the United States Military Academy, the 
United States Naval Academy, the United States Air 
Force Academy, and the United States Coast Guard 
Academy; and 
‘‘(2) the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps programs offered under sections 2107 and 
2107a of this title and the advanced training offered 
in Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs 
under section 2104 of this title. 
‘‘(d) In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘advanced training’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2101(3) of this 
title.
‘‘(2) The term ‘national of the United States’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1436).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
‘‘2015. United States nationals: agreement to become citizen before completion 
of precommissioning program.’’.
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