‘‘(C) RESTRICTIONS.—All fees remitted 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) may not 
be expended for costs associated with— 
‘‘(i) the civil revocation of naturaliza-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) Operation Second Look; 
‘‘(iii) Operation Janus; 
‘‘(iv) any activities or operations con-
ducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (including Homeland Security 
Investigations) or U.S. Customs and Bor-
der Protection; or 
‘‘(v) any other activity or operation 
that is not directly related to immigration 
adjudications. 
‘‘(3) FEES
FOR
ADJUDICATION
AND
NATU-
RALIZATION SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary of Homeland Security 
may set fees for providing adjudication and nat-
uralization services at a level that will— 
‘‘(i) ensure recovery of the full costs 
of providing such services, or a portion of 
such services, including the costs of natu-
ralization and similar services provided 
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without charge to asylum applicants or 
other immigrants; and 
‘‘(ii) recover the full cost of admin-
istering the collection of fees under this 
paragraph, or a portion of such adminis-
trative costs. 
‘‘(B) REPORT REQUIREMENT BEFORE FEE 
INCREASE.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may not increase any fee under this para-
graph above the level of such fee as of January 
1, 2019, before the date that is 60 days after 
the date on which the Secretary submits a re-
port to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives that— 
‘‘(i) identifies the direct and indirect 
costs associated with providing adjudica-
tion and naturalization services; 
‘‘(ii) distinguishes the costs referred 
to in clause (i) from immigration enforce-
ment and national security costs; 
‘‘(iii) identifies the costs allocated for 
premium processing services to business 
customers, as prescribed under subsection 
(u); 
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‘‘(iv) describes the extent to which the 
fee prescribed in subsection (u) is set at a 
level that ensures full recovery of the costs 
referred to in clause (iii); 
‘‘(v) identifies the amount of funding 
that is being allocated for the infrastruc-
ture improvements in the adjudications 
and customer-service processes prescribed 
under subsection (u); and 
‘‘(vi) contains information regarding 
the amount by which such fee will be in-
creased. 
‘‘(C) ADJUDICATIONS
DELAY
AND
BACK-
LOG REPORT.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit a quarterly report to the 
congressional committees referred to in sub-
paragraph (B) that identifies each instance in 
which— 
‘‘(i) the processing time of more than 
10 percent of adjudications in any single 
category of immigration benefits surpasses 
the agency’s stated processing goal as of 
January 1, 2019; 
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‘‘(ii) the processing time of more than 
5 percent of applications for legal perma-
nent residence surpasses 150 days; and 
‘‘(iii) the processing time of more 
than 5 percent of applications for natu-
ralization surpasses 150 days. 
‘‘(4) FEE
WAIVERS
FOR
ADJUDICATION
AND 
NATURALIZATION SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) NO FEE.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (E), if an alien’s income is less than 
150 percent of the Federal poverty line, no fee 
shall be charged or collected for— 
‘‘(i) an application, petition, appeal, 
motion, or other service described in this 
subsection; or 
‘‘(ii) the biometrics capture or back-
ground check associated with the items de-
scribed in clause (i). 
‘‘(B) REDUCED FEE.—If an alien’s income 
is less than 250 percent of the Federal poverty 
line, not more than 50 percent of the applicable 
fee shall be charged or collected for an applica-
tion, petition, appeal, motion, or service de-
scribed in this subsection. 
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‘‘(C) SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES.—If an 
alien is under financial hardship due to extraor-
dinary expenses or other circumstances affect-
ing his or her financial situation to the degree 
that he or she is unable to pay a fee, no fee 
shall be charged or collected for— 
‘‘(i) an application, petition, appeal, 
motion, or other service described in this 
subsection; or 
‘‘(ii) the biometrics capture or back-
ground check associated with the items de-
scribed in clause (i). 
‘‘(D) NO FEE CHARGED FOR WAIVER RE-
QUEST.—No fee shall be charged for a fee waiv-
er or reduction request described in subpara-
graph (A), (B), or (C). 
‘‘(E) NO WAIVER FOR CERTAIN FEES.— 
The fee for employment-based petitions and ap-
plications prescribed under subsection (u) may 
not be waived. 
‘‘(F) 
MEANS-TESTED
BENEFITS.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider 
the receipt of means-tested benefits as a cri-
terion for the purpose of demonstrating eligi-
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bility for a fee waiver or reduction under sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C). 
‘‘(G) APPLICATION FOR FEE WAIVER.—An 
alien requesting a waiver or reduction of fees 
under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) may sub-
mit— 
‘‘(i) a completed form, as prescribed 
by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(ii) an applicant-generated, written 
request for permission to have their immi-
gration benefit request processed without 
payment of the required fee. 
‘‘(H) 
FEDERAL
POVERTY
LINE
DE-
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘Federal 
poverty line’ has the meaning given the term 
‘poverty line’ in section 673(2) of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 
9902(2)), including any revision required under 
such section applicable to a family of the size 
involved.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security should 
set fees under section 286(m)(3) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)(3)) at a 
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‘‘(d) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive, 
on a case-by-case basis, the requirement under subsection 
(a)(2) on behalf of any person who, on the date on which 
the person’s application for naturalization is filed under 
section 334— 
‘‘(1) is older than 60 years of age; and 
‘‘(2) has been living in the United States for 
periods totaling at least 10 years after being lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence.’’. 
SEC. 304. REDUCE FINANCIAL OBSTACLES TO NATURALIZA-
TION. 
Section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1427) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall im-
pose a fee in an amount not to exceed $50 for the consid-
eration of an application for naturalization. Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed to limit the authority 
of the Secretary to set adjudication fees for other benefit 
applications other than naturalization in accordance with 
section 286(m).’’. 
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SEC. 305. NATURALIZATION FOR CERTAIN UNITED STATES 
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 320 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 321. CITIZENSHIP FOR CERTAIN UNITED STATES 
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS DEEMED SATISFIED.—An alien 
described in subsection (b) shall be deemed to have satis-
fied the requirements under section 312(a). 
‘‘(b) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described in 
this subsection if the alien submits an application for nat-
uralization under section 334 that contains— 
‘‘(1) transcripts from public or private schools 
in the United States demonstrating that the alien 
completed— 
‘‘(A) grades 9 through 12 in the United 
States and was graduated with a high school di-
ploma; and 
‘‘(B) a curriculum that reflects knowledge 
of United States history, government, and 
civics; and 
‘‘(2) a copy of the alien’s high school diploma.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
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et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 320 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 321. Citizenship for certain United States high school graduates.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section— 
(1) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(2) shall apply to applicants for naturalization 
who apply for naturalization on or after such date. 
(d) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall promulgate regulations to carry out the 
amendment made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 306. FAMILY INTEGRATION. 
Section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘21 years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years of 
age’’. 
SEC. 307. REVISION OF GROUNDS FOR DEPORTATION. 
Section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(5). 
SEC. 308. WAIVER TO ENSURE ACCESS TO CITIZENSHIP. 
The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 212 (8 U.S.C. 1182)— 
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(A) in subsection (a)(6)(C)— 
(i) in clause (ii)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and willfully’’ 
after ‘‘falsely’’ each place such term 
appears; and 
(II) in subclause (I), by striking 
‘‘or any other Federal or State law’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking clause (iii); and 
(B) in subsection (i), by amending para-
graph (1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) The Attorney General or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security may, in the discretion of the At-
torney General or the Secretary, waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a)(6)(C)(ii) with respect to an 
immigrant who is the parent, spouse, son, or daugh-
ter of a United States citizen or of an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence, or with respect to 
an alien granted classification under clause (iii) or 
(iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A), if the Attorney General 
or the Secretary determines that the admission to 
the United States of such alien would not be con-
trary to the national welfare, safety, or security of 
the United States.’’; and 
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(2) 
in 
section 
237(a)(3)(D) 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1227(a)(3)(D)), by inserting ‘‘and willfully’’ after 
‘‘falsely’’ each place such term appears. 
SEC. 309. NATURALIZATION CEREMONIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the Office of Citizen-
ship of the External Affairs Directorate of U.S. Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services, in consultation with the 
Deputy Director for Citizenship and Inclusion of the Na-
tional Office of New Americans, the Director of the Na-
tional Park Service, the Archivist of the United States, 
and other appropriate Federal officials, shall develop and 
implement a strategy to enhance the public awareness of 
naturalization ceremonies. 
(b) VENUES.—In developing a strategy under sub-
section (a), the Chief and the Deputy Director shall con-
sider the use of outstanding and historic locations as 
venues for select naturalization ceremonies. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
annually submit a report to Congress that describes— 
(1) the content of the strategy developed under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) the progress made towards the implementa-
tion of such strategy. 
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