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Jurisdiction to naturalize. 66 Stat. 239. 8 USC 1101 note.

R e v o c ation of naturalization. 68 Stat. 1232.

L o s s of nation* ality. 66 Stat. 267.

66 Stat. 271.

8 USC 1485.

PUBLIC LAW 87-301-SEPT. 26, 1961

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child of a United States citizen or of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence." SEC. IT. Section 310 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1421) is hereby amended by adding the following additional subsection: "(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 405(a), any petition for naturalization filed on or after the enactment of this subsection shall be heard and determined in accordance with the requirements of this title." SEC. 18. (a) Section 340(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 260; 8 U.S.C. 1451(a)) is hereby amended by inserting, following the language "that such order and certificate of naturalization'^ the language "were illegally procured or". (b) Section 340(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 260; 8 U.S.C. 1451(b)) is hereby amended by inserting, immediately preceding the word "procured", the language "illegally procured or".. SEC. 19. Section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1481) is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: "(c) Whenever the loss of United States nationality is put in issue in any action or proceeding commenced on or after the enactment of this subsection under, or by virtue of, the provisions of this or any other Act, the burden shall be upon the person or party claiming that such loss occurred, to establish such claim by a preponderance of the evidence. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), any person who commits or performs, or who has committed or performed, any act of expatriation under the provisions of this or any other Act shall be presumed to have done so voluntarily, but such presumption may be rebutted upon a showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the act or acts committed or performed were not done voluntarily." SEC. 20. Section 354(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1486) is hereby amended to read as follows: "(4) who has attained the age of sixty years, and has had a residence outside the United States and its outlying possessions for not less than ten years, during all of which period he has been engaged in an occupation of the type designated in paragraphs (1), (2), or (4) of section 353, or paragraph (2) of this section, and who is in bona fide retirement from such occupation; or who is the spouse or child of the national described in this paragraph and who has his residence abroad for the purpose of being with such American citizen spouse or parent; or". SEC. 21. The language "CHAPTER 3—ISSUANCE OF ENTRY DOCUMENTS"

66 Stat. 163.

of the table of contents of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "CHAPTER 3 — I S S U A N C E OF ENTRY DOCUMENTS"

66 Stat. 182.

SEC. 22. (a) The title preceding section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "GENERAL CLASSES OF A L I E N S INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE VISAS A N D EXCLUDED

FROM A D M I S S I O N; WAIVERS OF INADMISSIBILITY"

66 Stat. 250.

(b) The title preceding section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, is amended to read as follows: 'NATURALIZATION THROUGH ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE I N ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR I OR WORLD WAR II OR THE KOREAN HOSTILITIES"