Sec. 301. Office of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration
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The Office of Citizenship within United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security shall be renamed the Office of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration . Section 451(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 271(f)) is amended— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Citizenship. ; Citizenship and Immigrant Integration. in paragraph (1), by inserting and Immigrant Integration after Office of Citizenship ; and in paragraph (2), by inserting and Immigrant Integration after Office of Citizenship .
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Office of Citizenship within United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security shall be deemed to be a reference to the Office of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration . Section 451(f)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 271(f)(2) ), as amended by subsection (a)(2)(C), is further amended by striking for promoting and all that follows through the period and inserting “for— establishing national goals for introducing new Americans into the United States and measuring the degree to which such goals are met; assessing and coordinating Federal policies, regulations, task forces, and commissions related to introducing immigrants into the United States; continuing with the efforts of the Task Force on New Americans established under Executive Order No. 13404 to facilitate a dialogue among Federal agencies, make recommendations to the President of the United States, and follow through with initiatives administered by the Task Force under the authority of such Executive order; serving as a liaison and intermediary with State and local governments and other entities to assist in establishing local goals, task forces, and councils to assist in introducing immigrants to the United States; coordinating with other Federal agencies to provide information to State and local governments on the demand for English acquisition programs and best practices in place on the Federal and State level for aliens who have recently arrived in the United States; assisting States in coordinating activities with the grant program carried out under title III of the Strengthen and Unite Communities with Civics Education and English Development Act of 2013 ; and promoting instruction and training on citizenship responsibilities for aliens interested in becoming naturalized citizens of the United States, including the development of educational materials for such aliens. .
Section 451(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 271(f) ), as amended by this section, is further amended by adding at the end the following: The Chief of the Office of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration may accept monetary and in-kind donations to support the activities described in paragraph (2). Notwithstanding any other provision of law— any funds donated to the Office of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration to support the activities described in paragraph
(2)shall be deposited entirely into an account established for such purpose; the funds contained in such account shall be used solely to support such activities; and funds that were not donated for the exclusive purpose of supporting such activities may not be deposited into such account. . The Chief of the Office of Citizenship and Immigrant Integration shall submit a biennial report to the authorizing Committees in Congress that describes the activities of the office.
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