(2) civic traditions of the United States, includ-
ing the Pledge of Allegiance, respect for the flag of 
the United States, and voting in public elections. 
(b) DEDICATED FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than 1.5 percent of 
the funds made available to the Bureau of Citizen-
ship and Immigration Services (including fees and 
appropriated funds) shall be dedicated to the func-
tions of the Office of Citizenship, which shall include 
the patriotic integration of prospective citizens 
into— 
(A) American common values and tradi-
tions, including an understanding of American 
history and the principles of the Constitution of 
the United States; and 
(B) civic traditions of the United States, 
including the Pledge of Allegiance, respect for 
the flag of the United States, and voting in 
public elections. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that dedicating increased funds to the Of-
fice of Citizenship should not result in an increase 
in fees charged by the Bureau of Citizenship and 
Immigration Services. 
(c) GIFTS.—
(1) TO FOUNDATION.—The Foundation may so-
licit, accept, and make gifts of money and other 
property in accordance with section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(2) FROM FOUNDATION.—The Office of Citizen-
ship may accept gifts from the Foundation to sup-
port the functions of the Office. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the mission of the Office of Citizen-
ship, including the patriotic integration of prospective citi-
zens into— 
(1) American common values and traditions, in-
cluding an understanding of American history and 
the principles of the Constitution of the United 
States; and 
(2) civic traditions of the United States, includ-
ing the Pledge of Allegiance, respect for the flag of 
the United States, and voting in public elections. 
SEC. 203. RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
No funds appropriated to carry out a program under 
this title may be used to organize individuals for the pur-
pose of political activism or advocacy.
SEC. 204. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
The Chief of the Office of Citizenship shall submit 
to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-
sions and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Education and the Workforce and 
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-
resentatives, an annual report that contains— 
(1) a list of the entities that have received 
funds from the Office of Citizenship during the re-
porting period under this title and the amount of 
funding received by each such entity; 
(2) an evaluation of the extent to which grants 
received under this title and title I successfully pro-
moted an understanding of— 
(A) the English language; and 
(B) American history and government, in-
cluding the heroes of American history, the 
meaning of the Oath of Allegiance, and an at-
tachment to the principles of the Constitution 
of the United States; and 
(3) information about the number of legal resi-
dents who were able to achieve the knowledge de-
scribed under paragraph (2) as a result of the 
grants provided under this title and title I.
TITLE III—CODIFYING THE OATH 
OF ALLEGIANCE 
SEC. 301. OATH OR AFFIRMATION OF RENUNCIATION AND 
ALLEGIANCE. 
(a) REVISION OF OATH.—Section 337 of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1448) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘under section 
310(b) an oath’’ and all that follows through ‘‘per-
sonal moral code.’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 
310(b), the oath (or affirmation) of allegiance pre-
scribed in subsection (e).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e)(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the oath 
(or affirmation) of allegiance prescribed in this subsection 
is as follows: ‘I take this oath solemnly, freely, and without 
any mental reservation. I absolutely and entirely renounce 
all allegiance to any foreign state or power of which I have 
been a subject or citizen. My fidelity and allegiance from 
this day forward are to the United States of America. I 
will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution and 
laws of the United States, and will support and defend 
them against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I will bear 
arms, or perform noncombatant military or civilian serv-
ice, on behalf of the United States when required by law. 
This I do solemnly swear, so help me God.’. 
‘‘(2) If a person, by reason of religious training and 
belief (or individual interpretation thereof) or for other 
reasons of good conscience, cannot take the oath pre-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) with the term ‘oath’ included, the term 
‘affirmation’ shall be substituted for the term ‘oath’; 
and 
‘‘(B) with the phrase ‘so help me God’ included, 
the phrase ‘so help me God’ shall be omitted. 
‘‘(3) If a person shows by clear and convincing evi-
dence to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that such 
person, by reason of religious training and belief, cannot 
take the oath prescribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) because such person is opposed to the 
bearing of arms in the Armed Forces of the United 
States, the words ‘bear arms, or’ shall be omitted; 
and 
‘‘(B) because such person is opposed to any 
type of service in the Armed Forces of the United 
States, the words ‘bear arms, or’ and ‘noncombatant 
military or’ shall be omitted. 
‘‘(4) As used in this subsection, the term ‘religious 
training and belief’—