Naturalization Accountability Act

Tom Cotton

Republican · AR · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-03-17

Source: Congress.gov

The bill would likely establish new requirements or oversight procedures for the naturalization process—the system by which immigrants become U.S. citizens. Based on the title's emphasis on "accountability," it probably aims to add checks, audits, or stricter verification steps to ensure the naturalization system is working properly and prevent fraud or errors. This would affect immigrants applying for citizenship and the government agencies that process their applications.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4105 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________________________________ 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>

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