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![handle is hein.immigration/exvldd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 73D CoNGREss j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES S REPORT
P2d Session j No. 879
EXTEND VALIDITY OF DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION
MARCH 7, 1934.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. KRAMER, from the Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 8317]
The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 8317) to extend the validity of declarations of
intention beyond 7 years, having considered the same, report it to
the House without amendment, and recommend that the bill do
pass.
The purpose of the bill is to remove the limitation of time within
which a declaration of intention shall be used as the basis for a
petition for a certificate of citizenship.
Under the present provisions of law a declaration of intention is
valid only for 7 years from the date it was issued. After the 7 years
have expired, an alien is required to file a new declaration of intention
and thereafter wait at least 2 years before he may file his petition of
certificate of citizenship and then at least 90 days more before he
may be admitted to citizenship.
The declarations of intention filed by many aliens have expired
for several reasons: Because of lack of necessary funds to pay fees and
other expenses; because of lack of knowledge of the English language;
because of the lack of knowledge of our laws because a certificate of
registry had not been issued; for these and other valid reasons which
are handicaps they have been unable to overcome in the limited time
permitted under existing law.
The committee feels that the existing 7-year limitation does not
accomplish any good purpose under present day conditions while, on
the other hand, it does impose an unnecessary hardship upon many
aliens who are anxious and willing to become citizens now but have
heretofore been able to meet the requirements within the 7-year period
for the reasons above stated.
The present bill was prepared in cooperation with the officials of
the Department of Labor and had their approval before the committee.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.immigration/exvldd0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)