I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3249 
To strengthen communities through English literacy and civics education 
for new Americans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2009 
Mr. HONDA (for himself and Ms. CLARKE) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition 
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen communities through English literacy and 
civics education for new Americans, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Strengthen and Unite Communities with Civics Edu-
cation and English Skills Act of 2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes. 
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TITLE I—EXPANDING ENGLISH LITERACY, U.S. HISTORY, AND 
CIVICS EDUCATION 
Sec. 101. Increased investment in English literacy, U.S. history, and civics edu-
cation under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. 
Sec. 102. Definitions of English language learner. 
Sec. 103. Credits for teachers of English language learners. 
Sec. 104. Research in adult education. 
TITLE II—SUPPORTING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND 
ADULT EDUCATION IN THE WORKFORCE 
Sec. 201. Credit for employer-provided adult English literacy and basic edu-
cation programs. 
Sec. 202. Presidential award for business leadership in promoting United 
States citizenship. 
TITLE III—BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES 
Sec. 301. Office of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration. 
Sec. 302. Grants to States. 
Sec. 303. Authorized activities. 
Sec. 304. Reporting and evaluation. 
Sec. 305. New citizens award program. 
Sec. 306. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 307. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to meet the growing need for English lit-
eracy, U.S. history, and civics education programs 
for new Americans in the United States; and 
(2) to encourage proactive policies to introduce 
new Americans into the Nation in order to maximize 
the benefits provided to these individuals and to the 
community. 
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TITLE I—EXPANDING ENGLISH 
LITERACY, U.S. HISTORY, AND 
CIVICS EDUCATION 
SEC. 101. INCREASED INVESTMENT IN ENGLISH LITERACY, 
U.S. 
HISTORY, 
AND 
CIVICS 
EDUCATION 
UNDER THE ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY 
LITERACY ACT. 
(a) INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY AND CIVICS 
EDUCATION PROGRAM.—Section 203 of the Adult Edu-
cation and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9202) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (12) through 
(18) as paragraphs (13) through (19), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (11), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) INTEGRATED
ENGLISH
LITERACY, U.S. 
HISTORY, AND CIVICS EDUCATION PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘integrated English literacy, U.S. history, and 
civics education program’ means a program of in-
struction designed to help an English language 
learner achieve competence in English through 
contextualized instruction on the rights and respon-
sibilities of citizenship, naturalization procedures, 
civic participation, and United States history and 
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government to help such learner acquire the skills 
and knowledge to become an active and informed 
parent, worker, and community member.’’. 
(b) 
STATE
LEADERSHIP
ACTIVITIES.—Section 
223(a) of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
(20 U.S.C. 9223(a)) is amended by inserting after para-
graph (11) the following: 
‘‘(12) Technical assistance for grant applica-
tions of faith- and community-based organizations.’’. 
(c) NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY.—Section 
242(c)(1) of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
(20 U.S.C. 9252(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H), 
and (I), as subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K), respec-
tively; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(G) to coordinate and share information 
with national organizations and associations 
that are interested in integrated English lit-
eracy, U.S. history, and civics education pro-
grams; 
‘‘(H) to study the effectiveness of distance 
learning or self-study programs in assisting the 
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English language learner population achieve 
competence in English;’’. 
(d) REPORT.—Section 242(k) of the Adult Education 
and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 9252(k)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) a separate analysis of— 
‘‘(A) national and State adult English in-
struction needs; 
‘‘(B) data on the composition of recent im-
migration flows and immigration settlement 
patterns across the United States; and 
‘‘(C) estimated instructional needs based 
on the English ability and educational attain-
ment of English language learners under recent 
migration patterns; and’’. 
(e) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES.—Section 
243 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 
U.S.C. 9253) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘and integrated English literacy, U.S. history, 
and civics education programs’’ before the semi-
colon at the end; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and integrated English literacy, U.S. history, 
and civics education programs’’ before ‘‘, based 
on scientific evidence’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and integrated English literacy, U.S. history, 
and civics education programs’’ before the semi-
colon at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘integrated English literacy, U.S. history, and 
civics education programs,’’ before ‘‘and work-
place literacy programs’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (E)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and in-
tegrated English literacy, U.S. history, and 
civics education programs’’ before the 
semicolon at the end; 
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(iii) in clause (iv)— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘section 231’’ and 
inserting ‘‘sections 231 and 244’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) the extent to which integrated 
English literacy, U.S. history, and civics 
education programs carried out under sec-
tion 244 lead participants in such pro-
grams to increase their civic participation 
and, if applicable, lead such participants to 
become United States citizens;’’. 
(f) INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY, U.S. HISTORY, 
AND CIVICS EDUCATION.—Chapter 4 of subtitle A of the 
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 
9251 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 244. INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY, U.S. HISTORY, 
AND CIVICS EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—From funds appro-
priated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall award 
grants to States, from allocations under subsection (b), 
for integrated English literacy, U.S. history, and civics 
education programs. 
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‘‘(b) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
from the amount appropriated under subsection (c) 
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate— 
‘‘(A) 65 percent of such amount to States 
on the basis of a State’s need for integrated 
English, U.S. history, and civics education pro-
grams, as determined by calculating each 
State’s share of a 10-year average of the data 
compiled by the Office of Immigration Statistics 
of the Department of Homeland Security, for 
immigrants admitted for lawful permanent resi-
dence for the 10 most recent years; and 
‘‘(B) 35 percent of such amount to the 
States on the basis of whether the State experi-
enced growth, as measured by the average of 
the 3 most recent years for which data compiled 
by the Office of Immigration Statistics of the 
Department of Homeland Security are avail-
able, for immigrants admitted for lawful perma-
nent residence. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM.—No State shall receive an allo-
cation under paragraph (1) in an amount that is less 
than $60,000. 
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‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, 
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and $300,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2012.’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER. 
(a) ADULT EDUCATION
AND FAMILY LITERACY 
ACT.—The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (20 
U.S.C. 9201 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 203(6) (20 U.S.C. 9202(6)), by 
striking ‘‘individuals of limited English proficiency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘English language learners’’; 
(2) in section 203 (20 U.S.C. 9202)— 
(A) in paragraph (10)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘INDIVIDUAL
OF
LIMITED
ENGLISH 
PROFICIENCY’’ and inserting ‘‘ENGLISH 
LANGUAGE LEARNER’’; and 
(ii) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘individual of lim-
ited English proficiency’’ and inserting 
‘‘English language learner’’; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), 
(8), (9), and (10), as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), 
(10), and (6), respectively; 
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‘‘(A) a full-time teacher of English as a 
second language or bilingual instruction for the 
academic year ending in such taxable year, or 
‘‘(B) an eligible part-time teacher of 
English as a second language or bilingual in-
struction for the academic year ending in such 
taxable year. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
PART-TIME
TEACHER.—The 
term ‘eligible part-time teacher’ means, with respect 
to a taxable year, an individual who teaches at least 
20 hours per week during the academic year ending 
in such taxable year. Such term does not include any 
individual who is a full-time teacher of English as a 
second language during such academic year. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of an eligible 
part-time teacher, subsection (a) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘$375’ for ‘$750’ and by substituting 
‘$250’ for ‘$500’.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for such subpart is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 25D the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 25E. Teachers of English language learners.’’. 
(c) TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXPENSES.—Part VII 
of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (relating to additional itemized deductions for in-
dividuals) is amended by redesignating section 224 as sec-
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tion 225 and by inserting after section 223 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 224. CERTIFICATION EXPENSES FOR TEACHERS OF 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual, 
there shall be allowed a deduction for eligible teacher cer-
tification expenses paid or incurred by the taxpayer for 
the taxable year. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE
TEACHER
CERTIFICATION
EX-
PENSES.—The term ‘eligible teacher certification ex-
penses’— 
‘‘(1) means the tuition and fees required for the 
enrollment or attendance of the taxpayer at an eligi-
ble educational institution (as defined in section 
25A) for a course which is required for certification 
or licensure of such individual as qualified to provide 
English as a second language or bilingual instruction 
to elementary or secondary school students who are 
limited English proficient (as defined in section 
9901 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965); and 
‘‘(2) shall not include any amounts that are— 
‘‘(A) used for a course that is part of the 
individual’s degree program; or 
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‘‘(B) funded by another person or any gov-
ernmental entity. 
‘‘(c) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—No deduction 
shall be allowed under this section for any expense for 
which a deduction or credit is allowed under any other 
provision of this chapter. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to 
expenses paid or incurred after December 31, 2014.’’. 
(d) CERTIFICATION DEDUCTION ALLOWED WHETH-
ER OR NOT TAXPAYER ITEMIZES OTHER DEDUCTIONS.— 
Subsection (a) of section 62 of such Code is amended by 
inserting after paragraph (21) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(22) TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXPENSES.— 
The deduction allowed by section 224.’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part VII of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
is amended by striking the last item and inserting the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘Sec. 224. Certification expenses for teachers of English language learners. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Cross reference.’’. 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall promulgate regulations implementing 
the provisions of this section. 
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(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2009. 
SEC. 104. RESEARCH IN ADULT EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 133(c)(2)(A) of the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 
9533(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘education and’’ 
before ‘‘literacy’’. 
(b) NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CEN-
TER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education 
shall direct the Commissioner for Education Re-
search of the National Center for Education Re-
search established pursuant to section 131 of the 
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 
9531) to establish a national research and develop-
ment center for adult education and literacy as de-
scribed in section 133(c)(2)(A) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 9533(c)(2)(A)) (as amended by subsection 
(a)). 
(2) 
PROVISION
FOR
EXPANSION
OF
RE-
SEARCH.—If, as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Commissioner has established a center for 
adult 
literacy 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
133(c)(2)(A) of the Education Sciences Reform Act 
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of 2002, the Commissioner shall expand the topic of 
research of such center to include adult education, 
in accordance with the amendment made by sub-
section (a). 
TITLE II—SUPPORTING ENGLISH 
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND 
ADULT EDUCATION IN THE 
WORKFORCE 
SEC. 
201. 
CREDIT 
FOR 
EMPLOYER-PROVIDED 
ADULT 
ENGLISH LITERACY AND BASIC EDUCATION 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (relating to business related credits) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 45R. EMPLOYER-PROVIDED ADULT ENGLISH LIT-
ERACY AND BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of section 38, 
the credit determined under this section with respect to 
any employer for the taxable year is an amount equal to 
20 percent of qualified education program expenses, but 
in no case shall the employer receive a credit in an amount 
of more than $1,000 per full-time employee participating 
in the qualified education program. 
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‘‘(b) 
QUALIFIED
EDUCATION
PROGRAM
EX-
PENSES.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified edu-
cation program expenses’ means expenses paid or in-
curred by an employer to make available qualified 
education to employees of the employer, who— 
‘‘(A) are English language learners; and 
‘‘(B)(i) have not received a secondary 
school diploma, or its recognized equivalent; or 
‘‘(ii) lack sufficient mastery of basic edu-
cational skills, including financial literacy, to 
enable the individuals to function effectively in 
society. 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED EDUCATION.—The term ‘quali-
fied education’ means adult education and literacy 
activities provided— 
‘‘(A) by an eligible provider which for the 
fiscal year ending during the employer’s taxable 
year receives or is eligible to receive Federal 
funds under section 231 of the Adult Education 
and Family Literacy Act for adult education 
and literacy activities; or 
‘‘(B) in curriculum approved by the De-
partment of Education, the Employment and 
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Training Administration of the Department of 
Labor, or in current use by a Federal agency. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE PROVIDER; ADULT EDUCATION 
AND LITERACY ACTIVITIES.—The terms ‘eligible pro-
vider’ and ‘adult education and literacy activities’ 
shall have the respective meanings given to such 
terms in section 203 of the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act. 
‘‘(4) ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER.—The term 
‘English language learner’ shall have the same 
meaning given to such term in section 9101(25) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965. 
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT.—An employee 
shall be considered full-time if such employee is em-
ployed at least 30 hours per week for 25 or more 
calendar weeks in the taxable year. 
‘‘(2) AGGREGATION RULE.—All persons treated 
as a single employer under subsection (a) or (b) or 
section 52, or subsection (m) or (o) of section 414, 
shall be treated as 1 person. 
‘‘(d) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—No deduction 
or credit shall be allowed under any other provision of this 
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chapter for any amount taken into account in determining 
the credit under this section. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to 
expenses paid or incurred after December 31, 2014.’’. 
(b) CREDIT TO BE PART OF GENERAL BUSINESS 
CREDIT.—Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code (re-
lating to the current year business credit) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘plus’’ at the end of paragraph 
(34); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (35) and inserting ‘‘, plus’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(36) the adult English literacy and basic edu-
cation programs credit determined under section 
45R.’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 
of the such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 45R. Employer-provided adult English literacy and basic education pro-
grams.’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall promulgate regulations implementing 
the provisions of this section. 
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2009. 
SEC. 202. PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR BUSINESS LEADER-
SHIP IN PROMOTING UNITED STATES CITI-
ZENSHIP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Pres-
idential Award for Business Leadership in Promoting 
United States Citizenship (referred to in this section as 
the ‘‘Presidential Citizenship Award’’), which shall be 
awarded to companies and other organizations that make 
extraordinary efforts in assisting their employees and 
members to learn English and increase their under-
standing of United States history and civics. 
(b) SELECTION AND PRESENTATION OF AWARD.— 
(1) SELECTION.—The President shall periodi-
cally award the Presidential Citizenship Award to 
large and small companies and other organizations 
described in subsection (a) after reviewing rec-
ommendations to the President with respect to such 
award by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(2) PRESENTATION.—The presentation of the 
Presidential Citizenship Award shall be made by the 
President, or a designee of the President, in con-
junction with an appropriate ceremony. 
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TITLE III—BUILDING STRONGER 
COMMUNITIES 
SEC. 301. OFFICE OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRANT INTE-
GRATION. 
(a) RENAMING OF THE OFFICE OF CITIZENSHIP AND 
IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Office of Citizenship 
within United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall be renamed the ‘‘Office of Citizenship and Im-
migrant Integration’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 451(f) 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
271(f)) is amended— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘CITIZENSHIP.’’ and inserting ‘‘CITIZENSHIP 
AND IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
Immigrant Integration’’ after ‘‘Office of Citi-
zenship’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 
Immigrant Integration’’ after ‘‘Office of Citi-
zenship’’. 
(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the 
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United States to the Office of Citizenship within 
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
of the Department of Homeland Security shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Office of Citizen-
ship and Immigrant Integration’’. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—Section 451(f)(2) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 271(f)(2)), as amended 
by subsection (a)(2)(C), is further amended by striking 
‘‘for promoting’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(A) establishing national goals for intro-
ducing new Americans into the United States 
and measuring the degree to which such goals 
are met; 
‘‘(B) assessing and coordinating Federal 
policies, regulations, task forces, and commis-
sions related to introducing immigrants into the 
United States; 
‘‘(C) continuing with the efforts of the 
Task Force on New Americans established 
under Executive Order No. 13404 to facilitate 
a dialogue among Federal agencies, make rec-
ommendations to the President of the United 
States, and follow through with initiatives ad-
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