US Congress House Bill 4862 (Prior Session Legislation)

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September 16 2010 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit each applicant for naturalization to choose to have the oath of allegiance for naturalization administered by a Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member). Limits the administration of the oath: (1) by a Senator to individuals who reside in the Senator's state; and (2) by a Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to individuals who reside in the respective congressional district. Limits the Member's authority solely to the administration of such oath. Prohibits a Member from administering the oath during the 90-day period before any election for federal, state, or local office in which the Member is a candidate. Requires a Member to administer the oath only at times and places designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security. Prohibits a Member from administering the oath during any period in which exclusive authority to administer it may be exercised by an eligible court for the person concerned, unless the court has waived such exclusive authority.

To permit Members of Congress to administer the oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization, and for other purposes.

Rep Ortiz, Solomon P.	Rep Watt, Melvin L.	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.	Rep Wu, David
Rep Yarmuth, John A.	Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr.	Rep Peterson, Collin C.	Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln
Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario	Rep Meeks, Gregory W.	Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	Rep Sablan, Gregorio
Rep Taylor, Gene	Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Young, Don
Rep Inslee, Jay	Rep Waters, Maxine	Rep Tierney, John F.	Rep Pastor, Ed
Rep Payne, Donald M.	Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R.	Rep Price, David E.	Rep Reyes, Silvestre
Rep Richardson, Laura	Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D.	Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch	Rep Rush, Bobby L.	Rep Serrano, Jose E.	Rep Sires, Albio
Rep Skelton, Ike	Rep Thompson, Bennie G.	Rep Thompson, Mike	Rep Crenshaw, Ander
Rep Culberson, John Abney	Rep King, Peter T.	Rep Manzullo, Donald A.	Rep Matheson, Jim
Rep Salazar, John T.	Rep Shimkus, John	Rep Boyd, Allen	Rep Costa, Jim
Rep Kanjorski, Paul E.	Rep Gingrey, Phil	Rep Kingston, Jack	Rep Kirk, Mark Steven
Rep Murphy, Scott	Rep Rogers, Harold	Rep Whitfield, Ed	Rep Delahunt, Bill
Rep Owens, William L.	Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	Rep Hill, Baron P.	Rep Mack, Connie
Rep Paul, Ron	Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G.	Rep Davis, Geoff	Rep Bono Mack, Mary
Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr.	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Bonner, Jo	Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr.
Rep Burton, Dan	Rep Cao, Anh "Joseph"	Rep Chandler, Ben	Rep Crowley, Joseph
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann	Rep Foxx, Virginia	Rep Guthrie, Brett	Rep Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho
Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Frank, Barney	Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Tsongas, Niki
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie	Rep Weiner, Anthony D.	Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Andrews, Robert E.
Rep Arcuri, Michael A.	Rep Baca, Joe	Rep Baldwin, Tammy	Rep Becerra, Xavier
Rep Berkley, Shelley	Rep Berry, Marion	Rep Bishop, Timothy H.	Rep Blumenauer, Earl
Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z.	Rep Brady, Robert A.	Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.	Rep Markey, Edward J.
Rep Miller, George	Rep Rangel, Charles B.	Rep Towns, Edolphus	Rep Velazquez, Nydia M.
Rep Castor, Kathy	Rep Cuellar, Henry	Rep Dingell, John D.	Rep Edwards, Chet
Rep Engel, Eliot L.	Rep Eshoo, Anna G.	Rep Green, Gene	Rep Harman, Jane
Rep Hinojosa, Ruben	Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.	Rep Lujan, Ben Ray	Rep Maffei, Daniel B.
Rep Butterfield, G. K.	Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Honda, Michael M.
Rep Israel, Steve	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice	Rep Kennedy, Patrick J.
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Larson, John B.	Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep Levin, Sander M.
Rep Lewis, John	Rep Lipinski, Daniel	Rep Lynch, Stephen F.	Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.
Rep McDermott, Jim	Rep Moran, James P.	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Hastings, Alcee L.
Rep Clarke, Yvette D.	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy	Rep Cleaver, Emanuel	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.
Rep Cummings, Elijah E.	Rep Davis, Danny K.	Rep Dicks, Norman D.	Rep Doyle, Michael F.
Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Fattah, Chaka	Rep Fudge, Marcia L.	Rep Gonzalez, Charles A.
Rep Grayson, Alan	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.	Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	Rep Hall, John J.
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-09-16		Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2010-09-15		Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2010-09-15		On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6729-6730)
2010-09-15		DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4862.
2010-09-15		Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6729-6731)
2010-09-15		Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2010-04-26		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
2010-03-16		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN04862:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr4862ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr4862ih.pdf
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr4862eh/pdf/BILLS-111hr4862eh.pdf