12 2 STA T .408 8 PUBLIC LA W 110 –3 82 —O CT. 9, 2008 SEC.3 . D E A D LIN E FORP ROCESSIN G AND AD JU DICA T ING NATURALI Z A - TION APPLICATIONS FILED BY CURRENT OR FOR M ER MEM- BERS OF T H E ARMED FORCES AND THEIR SPOUSES AND CHILDREN. (a)INGE NE RAL.—Section328 o f t h eI m mi gr ation an dN ation - a l it yA ct (8 U .S. C . 14 3 9 )i s amended b y adding at the end the follo w ing
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‘(g) Not later than 6 months after recei v ingana p plication for nat u rali z ation filed by a current member of the Armed F orces under subsection (a) , section 329(a), or section 329A, by the spouse of such member under section 319(b), or by a surviving spouse or child under section 319(d), United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall— ‘‘(1) process and ad j udicate the application, including com- pleting all re q uired bac k ground checks to the satisfaction of the Secretary of H omeland Security
or ‘‘(2) provide the applicant with— ‘‘(A) an e x planation for its inability to meet the proc- essing and adjudication deadline under this subsection; and ‘‘( B ) an estimate of the date by which the application will be processed and adjudicated. ‘‘(h) T he D irector of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall submit an annual report to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and R efugees and the Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the Senate and the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and Inter- national L aw and the Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives that identifies every application filed under subsection (a), subsection (b) or (d) of section 319, section 329(a), or section 329A that is not processed and adjudicated within 1 year after it was filed due to delays in conducting required background checks. ’ ’. (b) GA O RE PO R T .—Not later than 18 0 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress that contains the results of a study regarding the average length of time taken by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to process and adjudicate applications for naturalization filed by members of the Armed Forces, deceased members of the Armed Forces, and their spouses and children. Reports.
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