110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2884 
AN ACT 
To assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining United 
States citizenship, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Kendell Frederick Citi-
zenship Assistance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINGERPRINTS FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 
1974’’), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall use the 
fingerprints provided by an individual at the time the indi-
vidual enlisted in the Armed Forces to satisfy any require-
ment for fingerprints that is part of an application for 
naturalization if— 
(1) the individual may be naturalized pursuant 
to section 328 or 329 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1439–1440); 
(2) the individual was fingerprinted in accord-
ance with the requirements of the Department of 
Defense at the time the individual enlisted in the 
Armed Forces; 
(3) the individual submits an application for 
naturalization not later than 24 months after the 
date on which the individual enlisted in the Armed 
Forces; and 
(4) the Secretary of Homeland Security deter-
mines that the fingerprints are sufficient to adju-
dicate the applicant’s naturalization application.
(b) MOST
TIMELY
AND
EFFECTIVE
ADJUDICA-
TION.—Nothing in this section shall preclude an individual 
described in subsection (a) from submitting new finger-
prints to the Secretary of Homeland Security. If the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security determines that submitting 
new fingerprints would result in more timely and effective 
adjudication of the individual’s naturalization application, 
the Secretary shall inform the individual that submitting 
new fingerprints would result in more timely and effective 
adjudication of the individual’s naturalization application, 
along with a description of how to submit new finger-
prints. 
(c) COOPERATION.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
determine the format of fingerprints acceptable for usage 
under subsection (a). The Secretary of Defense, or any 
other official having custody of the fingerprints referred 
to in subsection (a), shall make such prints available to 
the Secretary of Homeland Security for the purpose de-
scribed in subsection (a) without charge and shall other-
wise cooperate with the Secretary of Homeland Security 
in fulfilling the Secretary’s satisfaction of the requirement 
under subsection (a).
SEC. 3. PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON MILITARY NATU-
RALIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
effective date of any modification to a regulation related 
to naturalization under section 328 or 329 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1439–1440), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall update as necessary 
the appropriate Internet site or sites maintained by the 
Secretary to reflect such modification. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that the Secretary of Homeland Security should 
update as necessary the appropriate application form or 
forms promulgated by the Secretary not later than 180 
days after an effective date described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 4. REPORTS. 
(a) ADJUDICATION PROCESS.—Not later than 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
entire process for the adjudication of an application for 
naturalization filed pursuant to section 328 or 329 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1439–1440), 
including the process that begins at the time the applica-
tion is mailed to, or received by, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, regardless of whether the Secretary deter-
mines that such application is complete, through the final
disposition of such application. Such report shall include 
a description of— 
(1) the methods of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Secretary of Defense to prepare, 
handle, and adjudicate such applications; 
(2) the effectiveness of the chain of authority, 
supervision, and training of employees of the Fed-
eral Government or of other entities, including con-
tract employees, who have any role in such process 
or adjudication; and 
(3) the ability of the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity and the Secretary of Defense to use tech-
nology to facilitate or accomplish any aspect of such 
process or adjudication. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study on the imple-
mentation of this Act by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security and the Secretary of Defense, including 
studying any technology that may be used to im-
prove the efficiency of the naturalization process for 
members of the Armed Forces. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date that the Comptroller General submits the 
report required by subsection (a), the Comptroller
General shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the study required by 
paragraph (1). The report shall include any rec-
ommendations of the Comptroller General for im-
proving the implementation of this Act by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security or the Secretary of De-
fense. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 6, 
2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2884 
AN ACT 
To assist members of the Armed Forces in obtain-
ing United States citizenship, and for other pur-
poses.