To amend the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 to eliminate the application deadlines.

June 21, 2005

Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. KIND, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SABO, Mr. HONDA, and Mr. MCDERMOTT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 to eliminate the application deadlines.

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 2005'.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF APPLICATION 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 to read as follows:

`SEC. 6. NO DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION; PAYMENT OF FEES.

`This Act shall apply to a person only if the person files an application for naturalization, as provided in section 334 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1445), and pays the appropriate fees.'.

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