To amend the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 to extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees.

July 16, 2003

Mr. KLECZKA (for himself, Mr. RADANOVICH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. SABO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 to extend the deadlines for application and payment of fees.

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 `Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2003'.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEADLINES.

Section 6 of the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 (8 U.S.C. 1423 note) (as amended by section 112 of Public Law 107-77 (115 Stat. 765)) is amended--

(1) by striking `36 months after the date of the enactment of this Act' and inserting `18 months after the date of the enactment of the Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2003'; and

(2) by striking `36 months after the date of the enactment of this sentence' and inserting `18 months after the date of the enactment of the Bruce Vento Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2003'.

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