Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act
Official title: A bill to assist members of the Armed Forces in obtaining United States citizenship, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to use the fingerprints provided by an individual at the time of military enlistment to satisfy any fingerprint requirements as part of an application for naturalization if the individual: (1) may be naturalized under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) was fingerprinted in accordance with requirements of the Department of Defense (DOD) at the time of enlistment; and (3) submits an application for naturalization within 12 months after the date of enlistment.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish the position of Citizenship Advocate at each military entry processing station to provide information and assistance to members of the Armed Forces on the naturalization process.
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) establish a toll-free naturalization assistance telephone number available only to members and their families; and (2) after any modification of naturalization laws, update the appropriate application form, instructions and guidebook, and Internet website to reflect such modification.
Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) report to the congressional defense and judiciary committees on the entire process for adjudication of an application for naturalization; and (2) conduct a study on the implementation of this Act by the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2165: Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2165/
"S. 2165: Kendell Frederick Citizenship Assistance Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2165/.
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