‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, 
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, and $300,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2015.’’. 
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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(3) in section 224(b)(10)(D) (20 U.S.C. 
9224(b)(10)(D)), by striking ‘‘individuals with lim-
ited English proficiency’’ and inserting ‘‘English lan-
guage learners’’; and 
(4) 
in 
section 
243(2)(D)(ii) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
9253(2)(D)(ii)), by striking ‘‘individuals with limited 
English proficiency who are adults’’ and inserting 
‘‘adult English language learners’’. 
(b) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT 
OF 1965.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 9101(25) of the El-
ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801(25)) is amended by striking the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(25) ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
LEARNER.—The 
term ‘English language learner’ means an indi-
vidual—’’. 
(2) REFERENCES.—Any reference in the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) to an individual who is limited 
English proficient shall be construed to refer to an 
English language learner. 
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SEC. 103. 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 
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). 
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TITLE II—SUPPORTING ENGLISH 
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND 
ADULT EDUCATION IN THE 
WORKFORCE 
SEC. 201. 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 and 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(2) PRESENTATION.—The presentation of the 
Presidential Citizenship Award shall be made by the 
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President, or a designee of the President, in con-
junction with an appropriate ceremony. 
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’’. 
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(3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the 
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 
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