Because it is an appropriation bill. the Congress would have to renew that prohibition year after year after year. This will save us some work in the future by making the change permanent law. I support the amendment. In 2003. the Department of Homeland Security proposed changes to the oath which every naturalized citizen must take which would have significantly weakened the oath and demeaned its historical significance. Due to strong public opposition. those changes were never implemented. However. since the oath is not set forth in federal statute. but only in regulation. the agency can modify its language at any time in the future in a similarly inappropriate way.
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