,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aedc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ab1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,nadler introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,immigration and          
,nationality ,act to exempt certain     
elderly persons from demonstrating an   
understanding of the ,english language  
and the history1 principles1 and form of
 government of the ,united ,states as a 
requirement for naturalization1 and to  
permit certain other elderly persons to 
take the history and government         
examination in a language of their      
choice4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,senior ,citizenship   
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,fulfillment by     
elderly persons of requirement for      
naturalization relating to knowledge of 
,english language ,section #cab7;b77#b7 
of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #adbc7;b77#b77 is    
amended--  7#a7 in the matter preceding 

subparagraph 7,a71 by striking #ccd1    
either-- and inserting #ccd--2  7#b7 in 
subparagraph 7,a71 by striking 1 or at  
the end and inserting a semicolon2  7#c7
 in subparagraph 7,b71 by striking the  
period at the end and inserting 2 or2   
and  7#d7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,c7 is over sixty-five     
years of age and has been living in the 
,united ,states for periods totaling at 
least five years subsequent to a lawful 
admission for permanent residence4  4   
#c4 ,fulfillment by elderly persons of  
requirement for naturalization relating 
to knowledge of ,government of the      
,united ,states ,section #cab7;b77#c7 of
 the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act 
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #adbc7;b77#c77 is         
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,attorney   
,general each place such term appears   
and inserting ,secretary of ,homeland   
,security2  7#b7 by striking 7#c7 and   
inserting 7#c77;,a72 and  7#c7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7,b7 ,in the
 case of a person who1 on the date of   

the filing of the person's application  
for naturalization1 as provided in      
section #ccd1 is over sixty-five years  
of age and has been living in the       
,united ,states for periods totaling at 
least five years subsequent to a lawful 
admission for permanent residence1 the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
permit the person to fulfill the        
requirement of subsection 7a77#b7       
through an examination in a language    
other than ,english selected by the     
person4  7,c7 ,in the case of a person  
who1 on the date of the filing of the   
person's application for naturalization1
 as provided in section #ccd1 is over   
seventy-five years of age and has been  
living in the ,united ,states for       
periods totaling at least five years    
subsequent to a lawful admission for    
permanent residence1 the requirement of 
subsection 7a77#b7 shall not apply4  4  
#d4 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this ,act shall take effect on the  
date of the enactment of this ,act and  

shall apply to applications for         
naturalization pending on or after such 
date4