Under the bill. a person wishing an expedited procedure would ask for it from the appropriate court. If for whatever reason the court is unable to do it the court would refer the case to INS with a request that INS handle the case as quickly as possible. The bill therefore continues the courts traditional and historical role in naturalizations. while allowing courts the option to decline jurisdiction temporarily when their dockets cannot accommodate the timely scheduling of naturalizations. The Federal courts strongly support the enactment of this legislation which assures them a role in the naturalization process so long as they wish to play such a role. Under the bill. any time delay between the oathtaking ceremony and the award to the newly sworn citizen of the certificate of naturalization will be eliminated. such delays are inevitable in the 1990 act. which requires the newly sworn citizen to go back to the INS to pick up the certificate of naturalization. Moreover. the bill eliminates unnecessary paperwork and streamlines procedures for completing the act of naturalization. This bill therefore addresses the intent of the 1990 act. which was to streamline the naturalization process by reducing paperwork and overlapping administrative responsibilities of the Federal courts and the INS. I urge my colleagues to support H.R.
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