Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN9]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN9] is a member of the committee.
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http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=8380792
BILL C-6
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to, among other things,
(a) remove the grounds for the revocation of Canadian citizenship that relate to national security;
(b) remove the requirement that an applicant intend, if granted citizenship, to continue to reside in Canada;
(c) reduce the number of days during which a person must have been physically present in Canada before applying for citizenship and provide that, in the calculation of the length of physical presence, the number of days during which the person was physically present in Canada before becoming a permanent resident may be taken into account;
(d) limit the requirement to demonstrate knowledge of Canada and of one of its official languages to applicants between the ages of 18 and 54; and
(e) authorize the Minister to seize any document that he or she has reasonable grounds to believe was fraudulently or improperly obtained or used or could be fraudulently or improperly used.
(14) Subsection 5(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Special cases
(4) Despite any other provision of this Act, the Minister may, in his or her discretion, grant citizenship to any person to alleviate cases of statelessness or of special and unusual hardship or to reward services of an exceptional value to Canada.
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Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD7]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and House Committee on Ways and Means which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
4 cosponsors are on those committees.
Introduced: Sponsor: Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]
This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN5]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on House Administration which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Al Green [D-TX9]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Rep. Al Green [D-TX9] is a member of the committee.
Introduced: Sponsor: Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.
