Sec. 3502. United States Citizenship and Integration Foundation
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The Secretary, acting through the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, shall establish a nonprofit corporation or a not-for-profit, public benefit, or similar entity, which shall be known as the United States Citizenship and Integration Foundation . To carry out the purposes set forth in subsection (c), the Foundation may— solicit, accept, and make gifts of money and other property in accordance with section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; engage in coordinated work with the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services; and accept, hold, administer, invest, and spend any gift, devise, or bequest of real or personal property made to the Foundation. The purposes of the Foundation are— to spur innovation in the promotion and expansion of citizenship preparation programs for lawful permanent residents; to evaluate and identify best practices in citizenship promotion and preparation and to make recommendations to the Secretary about how to bring such best practices to scale; to support direct assistance for noncitizens seeking lawful permanent resident status or naturalization as a United States citizen; and to coordinate immigrant integration with State and local entities.
The Foundation shall carry out the purposes described in subsection
(c)by— making United States citizenship instruction and naturalization application services accessible to low-income and other underserved lawful permanent resident populations; developing, identifying, and sharing best practices in United States citizenship promotion and preparation; supporting innovative and creative solutions to barriers faced by noncitizens seeking naturalization; increasing the use of, and access to, technology in United States citizenship preparation programs; engaging communities receiving immigrants in the United States citizenship and civic integration process; fostering public education and awareness; coordinating the immigrant integration efforts of the Foundation with such efforts of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; and awarding grants to State and local governments under section 3503. To the extent consistent with section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the Foundation shall have a council of directors (referred to in this section as the Council ), which shall be comprised of— the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; and 10 individuals appointed by the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. In appointing individuals under paragraph (1)(B), the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall consider individuals with experience in national private and public nonprofit organizations that promote and assist lawful permanent residents with naturalization. A member of the Council described in paragraph (1)(B) shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, except that, of the members first appointed, 5 members shall be appointed for a term of 2 years, which may be followed by renewable 4-year terms. The Council shall, by majority vote, appoint for 6-year renewable terms an executive director of the Foundation, who shall oversee the day-to-day operations of the Foundation. The executive director shall carry out the purposes described in subsection
(c)on behalf of the Foundation by— accepting, holding, administering, investing, and spending any gift, devise, or bequest of real or personal property made to the Foundation; entering into contracts and other financial assistance agreements with individuals, public or private organizations, professional societies, and government agencies to carry out the purposes of the Foundation; entering into such other contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, and other transactions as the executive director considers appropriate to carry out the activities of the Foundation; and charging such fees for professional services furnished by the Foundation as the executive director considers reasonable and appropriate. The Foundation shall be established and operational not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.