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H.R. 5323 · 109th Congress

Proud to Be an American Citizen Act

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Passed the House without a recorded vote, then expired. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted, but didn't become law before the 109th Congress ended.

SFD FarrSponsor
1 cosponsor · 1 R
DHR Hobson

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. House Introduced May 9, 2006
  2. House Passed Sep 25, 2006

Proud to Be an American Citizen Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make funds available annually to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or to approved public or private nonprofit entities to support public ceremonies for administering oaths of allegiance to naturalizing legal immigrants.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House amended · Sep 25, 2006

Proud to Be an American Citizen Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make funds available annually to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or to approved public or private nonprofit entities to support public ceremonies for administering oaths of allegiance to naturalizing legal immigrants.

States that such ceremonies shall: (1) be held on a date that is on or near Independence Day; and (2) include appropriate outreach, ceremonial, and celebratory activities.

Specifies: (1) ceremony fund limits ($5,000); and (2) permitted fund uses.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Proud to Be an American Citizen Act

Latest action (Nov 13, 2006): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: House · Introduced: May 9, 2006

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. House Introduced May 9, 2006
  2. House Passed Sep 25, 2006

No recorded floor vote found.