H.R. 5323 · 109th Congress
Proud to Be an American Citizen Act
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Sam Farr
- Introduced
- 2006-05-09
- Latest action
- 2006-11-13 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Summary
Proud to Be an American Citizen Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to make funds available annually to the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or to approved public or private nonprofit entities to support public ceremonies for administering oaths of allegiance to naturalizing legal immigrants.
States that such ceremonies shall: (1) be held on a date that is on or near Independence Day; and (2) include appropriate outreach, ceremonial, and celebratory activities.
Specifies: (1) ceremony fund limits ($5,000); and (2) permitted fund uses.