Title: NATS Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Naturalization at Training Sites Act of 2017 or the NATS Act
This bill directs the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, to establish a naturalization office with trained personnel at each initial military training site of the Armed Forces.
The military department concerned shall: (1) identify members of the Armed Forces who are not U.S. citizens and inform them of the availability of naturalization services at such offices; and (2) pending establishment of a naturalization office at all initial military training sites, assign new non-citizen members of the Armed Forces to an initial military training site that has such an office.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2759 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2759

To establish naturalization offices at initial military training sites.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 2017

 Mr. Vargas (for himself, Mr. Serrano, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Davis of 
 California, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. 
 Correa, Mr. Vela, and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish naturalization offices at initial military training sites.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Naturalization At Training Sites Act 
of 2017'' or the ``NATS Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF NATURALIZATION OFFICES AT INITIAL 
              MILITARY TRAINING SITES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, shall establish a 
naturalization office at each initial military training site of the 
Armed Forces.
    (b) Outreach.--The Secretary concerned shall take steps to identify 
members of the Armed Forces who are not citizens of the United States 
and to inform such members of the availability and services of a 
naturalization office at initial military training sites.
    (c) Trained Personnel.--The Secretary concerned shall retain 
trained personnel at a naturalization office at an initial military 
training site to provide services to members of the Armed Forces who 
are not citizens of the United States.
    (d) Assignment Preference.--Pending the establishment of a 
naturalization office at all initial military training sites, the 
Secretary concerned, to the extent practicable, shall assign a new 
member of the Armed Forces who is not a citizen of the United States to 
an initial military training site that has a naturalization office.
    (e) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term 
``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
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