S.Amdt. 3492

SA 3492. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3424 proposed by Mr. Frist 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:

Strike subsection 644(c)(3) and insert:

(3) English and History and Government Requirements.--Section 312(a) is amended to read as follows:

“(a) No person except as otherwise provided in this title shall hereafter be naturalized as a citizen of the United States upon his own application who cannot demonstrate--”

“(1) an understanding of the English language on an eighth grade level, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State; and”

“(2) a knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government of the United Staes, as demonstrated by receiving a passing score on a standardized test administered by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security of not less than 50 randomly selected questions from a database of not less than 1000 questions developed by the Secretary.”