To provide that no alien may be naturalized as a citizen of the United States until such time as the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement completes the digitization of all remaining paper-based fingerprint records for inclusion in the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-6198
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2016-09-28
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2016-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits any alien from being naturalized until U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement completes the digitization of all remaining paper-based fingerprint records for inclusion in the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). </p> <p>DHS shall, upon completion of such digitization and prior to naturalizing an alien who has a application pending on the date of enactment of this bill, review the alien's eligibility for naturalization using the updated IDENT. </p> <p>The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to require a DHS officer or employee who has good cause to believe that a naturalized citizen has illegally or by misrepresentation procured such status to refer such case to the Department of Justice for denaturalization proceedings.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6198 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2016 Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. McCaul , Mr. Smith of Texas , Mr. Olson , Mr. Chabot , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Barletta , and Mr. Gohmert ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide that no alien may be naturalized as a citizen of the United States until such time as the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement completes the digitization of all remaining paper-based fingerprint records for inclusion in the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

1. Limitation on the naturalization of aliens (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no alien may be naturalized as a citizen of the United States under chapter 2 of title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1421 et seq. ) until such time as the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement completes the digitization of all remaining paper-based fingerprint records for inclusion in the Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) of the Department of Homeland Security. (b) Pending applications Upon the completion of the requirement under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, prior to naturalizing as a citizen of the United States an alien who has an application for naturalization pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, review the alien’s eligibility for naturalization using the updated Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT). (c) Revocation of naturalization Section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1451 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) In the case that an officer or employee of the Department of Homeland Security has good cause to believe that a naturalized citizen has illegally procured such benefit, or procured such benefit by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation, including being subject to a final deportation order, whether under the current identity or under another identity of that individual, such officer or employee shall prepare an affidavit described in subsection (a) and submit such affidavit to the appropriate United States attorney described in that subsection. Upon receipt of such an affidavit, such United States attorney shall institute the proceedings described in subsection (a). .