Mr. President. on August 7. 1946. Public Law 614 of the Seventyninth Congress was approved. which law provided for the expeditious naturalization of former citizens of the United States who lost United States citizenship by voting in a political election in a country not at war with the United States during the Second World War. Under that act. which was an amendment to section 323 of the Nationality Act of 1940 former citizens of the United States could regain their citizenship by taking the necessary oaths within 1 year of the date of the enactment of the law. Persons who had voted in a state which was at war with the United States during the Second World War were specifically excluded from the benefits of the act.
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