S.Amdt. 3396

SA 3396. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3192 submitted by Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Leahy,
and Mr. Hagel) to the bill S. 2454, to amend the Immigration and
Nationality Act to provide for comprehensive reform and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 509. REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURALIZATION.

(a) English Language Requirements.--Section 312(a)(1) (8
U.S.C. 1423(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) an understanding of the English language on an 6th
grade level, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State; and''.
(b) Requirement for History and Government Testing.--
Section 312(a)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1423(a)(2)) is amended by
striking the period at the end and inserting ``, as
demonstrated by receiving a passing score on a standardized
test administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security of
not less than 50 randomly selected questions from a database
of not less than 1000 questions developed by the
Secretary.''.
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