A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen requirements for naturalization, to require instruction on the oath of allegiance and the principles of the Constitution, to establish consequences for fraud and concealment in the naturalization process, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4547 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4547 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen requirements for naturalization, to require instruction on the oath of allegiance and the principles of the Constitution, to establish consequences for fraud and concealment in the naturalization process, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 14, 2026 Mr. Schmitt introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen requirements for naturalization, to require instruction on the oath of allegiance and the principles of the Constitution, to establish consequences for fraud and concealment in the naturalization process, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``America First Citizenship and Allegiance Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Purposes. Sec. 4. Definitions. Sec. 5. Strengthening civics and English requirements for naturalization. Sec. 6. Attachment to the principles of the Constitution and allegiance to the United States. Sec. 7. Instruction on the oath of allegiance. Sec. 8. Consequences for fraud, concealment, false statements, and abuse of the naturalization process. Sec. 9. Preservation of denaturalization authorities. Sec. 10. Criminal penalties for naturalization fraud and false statements. Sec. 11. America 250 Citizenship Initiative. Sec. 12. Annual report to Congress. Sec.