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H.R. 2363 (111th)

Proud to Be an American Citizen Act

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Introduced

12 May 2009

Last action

12 June 2009 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

Sponsors

Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46], Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15], Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3], Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10], Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], Rep. Cao, Anh "Joseph" [R-LA-2], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Fattah, Chaka [D-PA-2], Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8], Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6], Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]

Subjects

Immigration

Source updated

14 August 2025

Immigration

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Summary

Proud to Be an American Citizen Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) 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.

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Timeline

  1. 12 May 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 12 May 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 12 May 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 12 June 2009

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

    Source: Committee

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