Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 5.djvu/819

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PUBLIC LAW 103-416—OCT. 25, 1994 108 STAT. 4309 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The item in the table of contents of such Act relating to section 351 is amended to read as follows: "Sec. 351. Restrictions on loss of nationality.'. SEC. 106. ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL DETERMINATIONS RELAT- ING TO LOSS OF cmzENsmp. Section 358 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1501) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Approval by the Secretary of State of a certificate under this section shall constitute a final administrative determination of loss of United States nationaUty under this Act, subject to such procedures for administrative appeal as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation, and also shall constitute a denial of a right or privilege of United States nationality for purposes of section 360.". SEC. 107. CANCELLATION OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS AND CON- SULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH. (a) IN GENERAL.— Title III of the Immigration and NationaUty Act is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "CANCELLATION OF UNITED STATES PASSPORTS AND CONSULAR REPORTS OF BIRTH "SEC. 361. (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to cancel 8 USC 1504. any United States passport or Consular Report of Birth, or certified copy thereof, if it appears that such document was illegally, fraudulently, or erroneously obtained fix)m, or was created through illegality or fraud practiced upon, the Secretary. The person for or to wnom such docimient has been issued or made shall be given, at such person's last known address, written notice of the cancellation of such document, together with the procedures for seeking a prompt post-cancellation hearing. The cancellation under this section of any document purporting to show the citizenship status of the person to whom it was issued shall affect only the docimient and not the citizenship status of the person in whose name the document was issued. "(b) For purposes of this section, the term 'Consular Report of Birth' refers to the report, designated as a Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States', issued by a consular officer to document a citizen born abroad.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. — The table of contents is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 360 the following new item: "Sec. 361. Cancellation of United States passports and Considar Reports of Birth.". SEC. 108. EXPANDING WAIVER OF TEIE GOVERNMENT KNOWLEDGE, UNTIED STATES HISTORY, AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR NATURALIZATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1423) is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" after "312.", (2) by striking "this requirement" and all that follows through "Thaf, (3) by striking "this section" and inserting "this psiragraph", and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: