S. 4105
IntroducedNaturalization Accountability Act
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119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4105
To include any felony conviction as a ground for revocation of naturalization, to strike the 5-year limitation on the revocation of naturalization for membership in certain totalitarian or treasonous organizations, and to eliminate the 10-year statute of limitation for certain criminal penalties that would disqualify a person from naturalization.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 17, 2026
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To include any felony conviction as a ground for revocation of naturalization, to strike the 5-year limitation on the revocation of naturalization for membership in certain totalitarian or treasonous organizations, and to eliminate the 10-year statute of limitation for certain criminal penalties that would disqualify a person from naturalization.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Naturalization Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF NATURALIZATION.
Section 340(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1451) is amended--
(1) by striking ``shall within five years next following such naturalization become'' and inserting ``becomes''; and
(2) by inserting ``or has been convicted at any time of any felony,'' after ``section 313,''.
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF 10-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR PROCUREMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR NATURALIZATION UNLAWFULLY.
Section 3291 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``No person'' and inserting the following:
``(a) Ten-Year Limitation.--No person'';
(2) by striking ``sections 1423 to 1428'' and inserting ``sections 1423, 1424, and 1426 to 1428''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) No Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other law, an indictment may be found or an information instituted at any time without limitation for any offense under section 1425.''. <all>