Sec. 2. Terrorism attestation requirement for naturalization
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Section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1427 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: As a condition of naturalization, each applicant shall execute under oath and under penalty of perjury a written attestation, on such form as the Secretary of Homeland Security shall prescribe, that the applicant— has not been convicted of, or had charges pending for, any covered offense, as defined in paragraph (4), at the time of the naturalization application or oath of allegiance; and does not, at the time of naturalization, possess an intent to commit any covered offense in the future.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall revise the application for naturalization (Form N–400, or any successor form) to include the attestation required under paragraph (1), with each covered offense listed individually, requiring the applicant to separately affirm compliance as to each such offense. The oath of allegiance administered under section 337 shall include an express renunciation of any intent to engage in any covered offense against the United States or its people.
For purposes of this subsection and section 340(f), the term covered offense means any of the following: Any Federal crime of terrorism, as defined in section 2332b(g)(5) of title 18, United States Code. Any offense under section 2339A of title 18, United States Code (relating to providing material support to terrorists). Any offense under section 2339B of title 18, United States Code (relating to providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations).
Any offense under section 2339C of title 18, United States Code (relating to financing of terrorism). Any offense under section 2339D of title 18, United States Code (relating to receiving military-type training from a foreign terrorist organization). Any offense under section 2332a of title 18, United States Code (relating to use of weapons of mass destruction). Any offense under sections 175, 175c, or 178 of title 18, United States Code (relating to biological weapons). Any offense under section 229 of title 18, United States Code (relating to chemical weapons).
Any offense under section 831 of title 18, United States Code (relating to prohibited transactions involving nuclear materials). Any offense under section 32 of title 18, United States Code (relating to destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities). Any offense under section 37 of title 18, United States Code (relating to violence at international airports). Any offense under section 1203 of title 18, United States Code (relating to hostage taking). Any offense under section 2280 or 2281 of title 18, United States Code (relating to violence against maritime navigation or maritime fixed platforms).
Any offense under section 2332 of title 18, United States Code (relating to criminal penalties involving the killing of United States nationals abroad). Any offense under section 2332b of title 18, United States Code (relating to acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries). Any offense under section 2332f of title 18, United States Code (relating to bombings of places of public use, government facilities, public transportation systems, and infrastructure facilities). Any offense under section 2332g or 2332h of title 18, United States Code (relating to missile systems designed to destroy aircraft and radiological dispersal devices).
Any offense under section 2332i of title 18, United States Code (relating to acts of nuclear terrorism). Any offense under section 2384 of title 18, United States Code (relating to seditious conspiracy). Any offense under section 1992 of title 18, United States Code (relating to terrorist attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and against mass transportation systems on land, on water, or through the air). Any offense under section 2283 or 2284 of title 18, United States Code (relating to transportation of explosives, destructive devices, and biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological weapons, or transportation of terrorists).
Any conspiracy to commit, or attempt to commit, any of the offenses described in subparagraphs
(A)through (U). .
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