I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3102 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the provision of naturaliza-
tion assistance to members of the uniformed services, including new 
recruits, who are not citizens of the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2017 
Mr. VEASEY (for himself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. GONZALEZ of 
Texas, Mr. CORREA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. VELA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mrs. DEMINGS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the 
provision of naturalization assistance to members of the 
uniformed services, including new recruits, who are not 
citizens of the United States, 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. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF SERVICE MEM-
BER NATURALIZATION AND DESIGNATION OF 
NATURALIZATION 
OFFICES 
ON 
CERTAIN 
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) DESIGNATION REQUIRED.—Chapter 80 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 1566a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1566b. Naturalization assistance: Office of Service 
Member Naturalization and installation 
naturalization offices 
‘‘(a) OFFICE OF SERVICE MEMBER NATURALIZA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish an office 
in the Department of Defense, to be known as the ‘Office 
of Service Member Naturalization’, whose mission shall 
be— 
‘‘(1) to identify members of the uniformed serv-
ices, including new recruits, who are not citizens of 
the United States; 
‘‘(2) to inform such members of the availability 
of naturalization assistance to facilitate such mem-
bers in becoming citizens; 
‘‘(3) to help such members complete the natu-
ralization process before their separation from the 
uniformed services; and 
‘‘(4) to coordinate points-of-contact at military 
installations to ensure that personnel who are re-
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sponsible for assisting members through the natu-
ralization process successfully complete their assign-
ments. 
‘‘(b) DESIGNATION OF INSTALLATION NATURALIZA-
TION OFFICES.—Under regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense under subsection (e), the Secretaries of 
the military departments shall designate naturalization of-
fices— 
‘‘(1) on military installations under their juris-
diction at which the initial entry training program 
for new recruits for the uniformed services is con-
ducted; and 
‘‘(2) on such other military installations as the 
Secretary concerned shall determine are best located 
to provide access to naturalization assistance for 
members of the uniformed services who are not citi-
zens of the United States. 
‘‘(c) TYPES OF NATURALIZATION ASSISTANCE.—(1) 
A naturalization office shall make available Form N–400, 
Application for Naturalization, and Form N–426, Request 
for Certification of Military or Naval Service. 
‘‘(2) A naturalization office shall assist members of 
the uniformed services, including new recruits, who are 
not citizens of the United States in completing the process 
to become a citizen of the United States. If, through no 
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fault of the member, a member whose service has been 
honorable is unable to complete the naturalization process 
before separation from the uniformed services, the natu-
ralization office shall continue to work with the member 
until completion of the naturalization process. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY TO OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE 
UNIFORMED SERVICES.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not oper-
ating as a service in the Department of the Navy, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services with respect to the 
commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and the 
Secretary of Commerce with respect to the commissioned 
corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-
tration shall carry out this section in the case of members 
of the uniformed services under their jurisdiction. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretaries referred to in subsection 
(d), shall prescribe regulations relating to the administra-
tion of the requirements of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 80 of such title is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1566a the 
following new item: 
‘‘1566b. Naturalization assistance: Office of Service Member Naturalization and 
installation naturalization offices.’’. 
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SEC. 2. IMPROVED PROVISION OF APPLICATIONS FOR NAT-
URALIZATION AND FORMS FOR CERTIFI-
CATION OF MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE AT 
MILITARY 
ENTRANCE 
PROCESSING 
COM-
MAND CENTERS. 
(a) DUTY TO PROVIDE MATERIALS.—Section 1790 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Using funds’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
PROCESSING AND ADJUDICATION COSTS.—Using funds’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting after the section heading the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS 
AND SERVICE CERTIFICATION FORMS.—The Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall en-
sure that each Military Entrance Processing Station pro-
vides the Form N–400, Application for Naturalization, 
and Form N–426, Request for Certification of Military or 
Naval Service, to new recruits for the uniformed services 
who are processed at the center and are not citizens of 
the United States.’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1790 of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection 
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(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL
REPORT.—Through December 31, 
2021, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness shall submit to the Secretary of Defense, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives an annual report speci-
fying— 
‘‘(1) the number of members of each uniformed 
service who received the naturalization materials de-
scribed in subsection (a) at Military Entrance Proc-
essing Stations and installation naturalization offices 
during the year covered by the report; and 
‘‘(2) the amount of reimbursement provided 
under subsection (b) to the United States Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services during the year cov-
ered by the report.’’. 
Æ 
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