(b) The President of the United States is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into negotiations with the government of the Philippine Islands, not later than two years after his proclamation recognizing the independence of the Philippine Islands, for the adjustment and settlement of all questions relating to naval reservations and fueling stations of the United States in the Philippine Islands, and pending such adjustment and settlement the matter of naval reservations and fueling stations shall remain in its present status.

SEC. 14. Upon the final and complete withdrawal of American sovereignty over the Philippine Islands the immigration laws of the United States (including all the provisions thereof relating to persons ineligible to citizenship) shall apply to persons who were born in the Philippine Islands to the same extent as in the case of other foreign countries.

SEC. 17. The foregoing provisions of this Act shall not take effect until accepted by concurrent resolution of the Philippine Legislature or by a convention called for the purpose of passing upon that question as may be provided by the Philippine Legislature (48 Stat. 456-457, 462-465; 48 U. S. C. 1232, 1238, 1240, 1244, 1247).

Law of April 19, 1934

SEC. 1. That the first paragraph of section 13 of the Naturalization Act of June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. 596), as amended (U. S. C., supp. VII, title 8, sec. 402), is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 13. That the clerk of each and every court exercising jurisdiction in naturalization cases shall charge, collect, and account for the following fees in each proceeding:

"(1) For receiving and filing a declaration of intention and the issuing of a duplicate thereof, $2.50;

"(2) For making, filing, and docketing a petition for citizenship, and issuing a certificate of citizenship if the issuance of such certificate is authorized by the court, and for the final hearing on the petition, $5" (48 Stat. 597; 8 U. S. C. 402). SEC. 2. Subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 32 of the Act of June 29, 1906, and subdivision (a) of section 33 of the Act of June 29, 1906, which were added thereto by section 9 of the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1512), and by section 4 of the Act of May 25, 1932 (47 Stat. 165), as amended (U. S. C., supp. VII, title 8, sec. 399b (b) and (c), and sec, 399c (a)), are amended as follows: Wherever in said subdivisions the words "a fee of $10" occur that shall be amended to read "a fee of $5" (48 Stat. 597; 8 U. S. C. 399b (b), 399b (c), 399c (a)).

SEC. 3. Section 5 of the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1512), as amended (U. S. C., supp. VII, title 8, sec. 380 (a)), is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 5. For every certificate of arrival issued for naturalization purposes a fee of $2.50 shall be paid to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, which fee shall be paid over to and deposited in the Treasury in the same manner as other naturalization fees" (48 Stat. 597; 8 U. S. C. 380a).

SEC. 4. Subdivision (a) of section 32 of the Act of June 29, 1906, which was added thereto by section 9 of the Act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1512), as amended (U. S. C., supp. VII, title 8, sec. 399 (b) (a)), is amended as follows: Wherever in said subdivision the words "a fee of $10" occur they shall be amended to read "a fee of $1"; and by adding at the end thereof the following: "Provided, That an alien veteran as defined in section 1 of the Act of May 26, 1926 (44 Stat. 654; (U. S. C., supp. VII, title 8, sec. 241 (a)), shall not be required to pay the fee required by this subdivision" (48 Stat. 597; 8 U. S. C. 399b (a). See also, sec. 1, act of June 24, 1935, 49 Stat. 395).

SEC. 5. In all naturalization proceedings in which an alien applying for certificate of citizenship is represented by counsel, there is hereby established a limit of $25 for counsel's fees, except where legal action before a court requires extended legal service when the court may approve a reasonable fee in excess of $25 (48 Stat. 598; 8 U. S. C. 399f).

SEC. 6. Subdivision (b) of section 1 of the act of March 2, 1929 (45 Stat. 1513), as amended (U. S. C., supp. VII, title 8, sec. 106 (a) (b)), is amended as follows: Whenever in said subdivision the words a fee of $20 occur they shall be amended to read a fee of $10" (48 Stat. 598; 8 UT. S. C. 106a (b) act of

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Law of May 7, 1934

SEC. 1. That the Indians of the Tsimshian Tribe, and those people known as Metlakahtlans, who emigrated from Metlakahtla, British Columbia, Canada, to Annette Island, in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska in the year 1887, and there established a colony known as Metlakahtla, Alaska, and any and all other British Columbia Indians who joined them there not later than January 1, 1900, and have since resided continuously therein, having been faithful and loyal to the Constitution, laws and the Government of the United States, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States (48 Stat. 667; 8 U. S. C. 3b).

SEC. 2. The granting of citizenship to the said Indians shall not in any manner affect the rights, individual or collective, of the said Indians to any property, nor shall it affect the rights of the United States Government to supervise and administer the affairs of the said Metlakahtla Colony. And any reservations heretofore made by any act of Congress or Executive order or proclamation for the benefit of the said Indians shall continue in full force and effect and shall continue to be subject to modification, alteration, or repeal by the Congress or the President, respectively (48 Stat. 667; 8 U. S. C. 3c).

Law of May 24, 1934

SEC. 1. That section 1993 of the Revised Statutes is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1993. Any child hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose father or mother or both at the time of the birth of such child is a citizen of the United States, is declared to be a citizen of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to any such child unless the citizen father or citizen mother, as the case may be, has resided in the United States previous to the birth of such child. In cases where one of the parents is an alien, the right of citizenship shall not descend unless the child comes to the United States and resides therein for at least five years continuously immediately previous to his eighteenth birthday, and unless, within six months after the child's twenty-first birthday, he or she shall take an oath of allegiance to the United States of America as prescribed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service" (48 Stat. 797; 8 U. S. C. 6; as amended by title 4, pt. 2, act of June 30, 1932, 47 Stat. 413-415; as amended by sec. 16, act of March 3, 1933, 47 Stat. 1517-1519; 5 U. S. C. 124-126, 129–130; and Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933).

SEC. 2. Section 5 of the Act entitled "An Act in reference to the expatriation of citizens and their protection abroad," approved March 2, 1907, as amended, is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 5. That a child born without the United States of alien parents shall be deemed a citizen of the United States by virtue of the naturalization of or resumption of American citizenship by the father or the mother: Provided, That such naturalization or resumption shall take place during the minority of such child: And provided further, that the citizenship of such minor child shall begin five years after the time such minor child begins to reside permanently in the United States" (48 Stat. 797; 8 U. S. C. 8).

SEC. 3. A citizen of the United States may upon marriage to a foreigner make a formal renunciation of his or her United States citizenship before a court having jurisdiction over naturalization of aliens, but no citizen may make such renunciation in time of war, and if war shall be declared within one year after such renunciation then such renunciation shall be void (48 Stat. 797; 8 U. S. C. 17a. See sec. 2, act of March 2, 1907, 34 Stat. 1228; 8 U. S. C., 16, 17; and sec. 3 (a), act of September 22, 1922, as amended; 46 Stat. 1511; 8 U. S. C. 9).

SEC. 4. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women," approved September 22, 1922, is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. That an alien who marries a citizen of the United States, after the passage of this Act, as here amended, or an alien whose husband or wife is naturalize after the passage of this Act, as here amended, shall not become a citizen of the United States by reason of such marriage or naturalization; but, if eligible to citizenship, he or she may be naturalized upon full and complete compliance

with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions: "(a) No declaration of intention shall be required.

"(b) In lieu of the five-year period of residence within the United States and the one-year period of residence within the State or Territory where the naturalization court is held, he or she shall have resided continuously in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska, or Porto Rico for at least three years immediately preceding the filing of the petition” (48 Stat. 797; 8 U. S. C. 386).

SEC. 5. The following Acts and parts of Acts, respectively, are repealed: The Act entitled "An Act providing for the naturalization of the wife and minor children of insane aliens, making homestead entries under the land laws of the United States," approved February 24, 1911; subdivision "Sixth" of section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and to provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States," approved June 29, 1906; and section 8 of the Act entitled "An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women," approved September 22, 1922, as said section was added by the Act approved July 3, 1930, entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act relative to naturalization and citizenship of married women,' approved September 22, 1922."

The repeal herein made of Acts and parts of Acts shall not affect any right or privilege or terminate any citizenship acquired under such Acts and parts of Acts before such repeal (48 Stat. 798; 8 U. S. C. 371, 375, 137a; act of May 24, 1934, 48 Stat. 797-798).

Law of June 27, 1934

That a new section is hereby inserted between sections 5a and 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a civil government for Puerto Rico, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1917, as amended, as follows:

"SEC. 5b. All persons born in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899 (whether before or after the effective date of this Act) and not citizens, subjects, or nationals of any foreign power, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That this Act shall not be construed as depriving any person, native of Puerto Rico, of his or her American citizenship heretofore otherwise lawfully acquired by such person; or to extend such citizenship to persons who shall have renounced or lost it under the treaties and/or laws of the United States or who are now residing permanently abroad and are citizens or subjects of a foreign country: And provided further, That any woman, native of Puerto Rico and permanently residing therein, who, prior to March 2, 1917, had lost her American nationality by reason of her marriage to an alien eligible to citizenship, or by reason of the loss of the United States citizenship by her husband, may be naturalized under the provisions of section 4 of the Act of September 22, 1922, entitled 'An Act relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women,' as amended" (48 Stat. 1245; 48 U. S. C. 733b. See also, sec. 5, act of March 2, 1917, 39 Stat. 953; 8 U. S. C. 5; and sec. 2, act of March 4, 1927, 44 Stat. 14181419; 8 U. S. C. 5a; 48 U. S. C. 733a).

Law of June 15, 1935

SEC. 1. That subdivision "Eighth" of section 4 of the Act of June 29, 1906, entitled "An Act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and to provide a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States," as amended by section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend the naturalization laws and to repeal certain sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States and other laws relating to naturalization, and for other purposes," approved May 9, 1918 (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 376), is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect ninety days after its enactment (49 Stat. 376).

Law of June 24, 1935

SEC. 1. That notwithstanding the racial limitations contained within section 2169 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 359), and within section 14 of the Act of May 6, 1882, as amended (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 363), any alien veteran of the World War heretofore ineligible to citizenship because not a free white person or of African nativity or of African descent may be naturalized under this Act if he

(a) Entered the service of the armed forces of the United States prior to November 11, 1918;

(b) Actually rendered service with the armed forces of the United States between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918;

(c) Received an honorable discharge from such service for any reason other than his alienage;

(d) Resumed his previous permanent residence in the United States or any Territory thereof; and

(e) Has maintained a permanent residence continuously since the date of discharge and is now a permanent resident of the United States or any Territory thereof; upon compliance with all the requirements of the naturalization laws, except

(f) No certificate of arrival and no declaration of intention shall be required; (g) No additional residence shall be required before the filing of petition for certificate of citizenship; and

(h) The petition for certificate of citizenship shall be filed with a court having naturalization jurisdiction prior to January 1, 1937.

(Sec. 1 expired by limitation January 1, 1937, as to petitions for certificates of citizenship filed thereunder.)

SEC. 2. Certificates of citizenship heretofore issued and heretofore granted by any court having naturalization jurisdiction under the provisions of the Act of May 9, 1918, or of the Act of July 19, 1919, to any alien veteran who is eligible to be naturalized under the provisions of section 1 of this Act, and orders or judgments authorizing such certificates, are hereby declared to be valid for all purposes insofar as the race of the veteran is concerned. Such certificates may be stamped, declaring their validity under this Act, by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization upon submission of satisfactory proof to establish identity.

Certificates declared valid under the foregoing paragraph, which have been lost, mutilated, destroyed, or surrendered to any official of the United States may be replaced by a new certificate bearing date of original certificate upon compliance with the provisions of section 32 (a) of the Act of June 29, 1906, as amended. SEC. 3. On applications filed for any benefits under this Act, the requirement of fees for naturalization documents is hereby waived (49 Stat. 397-398; 8 U. S. C., supp. IV, sec. 392f).

Law of June 25, 1936

That hereafter a woman, being a native-born citizen, who has or is believed to have lost her United States citizenship solely by reason of her marriage prior to September 22, 1922, to an alien, and whose marital status with such alien has or shall have terminated, shall be deemed to be a citizen of the United States to the same extent as though her marriage to said alien had taken place on or after September 22, 1922: Provided, however, That no such woman shall have or claim any rights as a citizen of the United States until she shall have duly taken the oath of allegiance as prescribed in section 4 of the Act approved June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. 596; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 381), at any place within or under the jurisdiction of the United States before a court exercising naturalization jurisdiction thereunder or, outside of the jurisdiction of the United States, before a secretary of embassy or legation or a consular officer as prescribed in section 1750 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (U. S. C., title 22, sec. 131); and such officer before whom such oath of allegiance shall be taken shall make entry thereof in the records of his office or in the naturalization records of the court, as the case may be, and shall deliver to such person taking such oath, upon demand, a certified copy of the proceedings had, including a copy of the oath administered, under the seal of his office or of such court, at a cost not exceeding $1, which shall be evidence of the facts stated therein before any court of record or judicial tribunal and in any department of the United States (49 Stat. 1917; U. S. C., supp. IV, title 8, sec. 9a; Public, No. 793).

Law of June 25, 1936

SEC. 1. That the second paragraph of the fourth subdivision of section 4 of the Naturalization Act of June 29, 1906, as amended (U. S. C., supp. III, title 8, sec. 382), is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting a comma and the following: "except that in the case of an alien declarant for citizenship employed by or under contract with the Government of the United States or an American institution of research recognized as such by the Secretary of Labor, or employed by an American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States or a subsidiary thereof, no period of residence outside the United States shall break the continuity of residence if (1) prior to the beginning of such period (whether

such period begins before or after his departure from the United States) the alien has established to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that his absence from the United States for such period is to be on behalf of such Government, or for the purpose of carrying on scientific research on behalf of such institution, or to be engaged in the development of such foreign trade and commerce or whose residence abroad is necessary to the protection of the property rights in such countries of such firm or corporation, and (2) such alien proves to the satisfaction of the court that his absence from the United States for such period has been for such purpose."

SEC. 2. No period of residence outside the United States during the five years immediately preceding the enactment of this Act shall be held to have broken the continuity of residence required by the naturalization laws if the alien proves to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor and the court that during all such period of absence he has been under employment by, or contract with, the United States, or such American institution of research, or American firm or corporation, described in section 1 hereof, and has been carrying on the activities described in this Act in their behalf (49 Stat. 1925; U. S. C., supp. IV, title 8, sec. 382a).

Law of August 19, 1937

That, notwithstanding the language contained in the second proviso on page 6 of the Act of July 1, 1937 (Public, Numbered 176, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session), or any other Act, during the three-year period following the enactment of this Act, enlisted personnel of the Army who have legally declared their intention to become citizens, or who do so during their current enlistment, or who have been discharged from the Army since July 1, 1937, and who also agree to complete expeditiously their naturalization and become citizens of the United States may be reenlisted and receive the pay to which, except for the aforesaid proviso, they would otherwise be legally entitled: Provided, That Filipinos who were serving in the Army on July 1, 1937, may be reenlisted without regard to their citizenship status, and receive the pay to which otherwise legally entitled (50 Stat. 696; Pub., No. 317, 75th Cong., ch. 698, 1st sess.).

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 6115 OF APRIL 25, 1933

REVISION AND CODIFICATION OF THE NATIONALITY LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES

The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Labor are designated a committee to review the nationality laws of the United States, to recommend revisions, particularly with reference to the removal of certain existing discriminations, and to codify those laws into one comprehensive nationality law for submission to the Congress at the next session.

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 6166 OF JUNE 10, 1933

ORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES

SEC. 14. The Bureaus of Immigration and of Naturalization of the Department of Labor are consolidated as an Immigration and Nat

8 This proviso reads as follows:

"Provided further, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the pay of any person, civil or military, not a citizen of the United States, unless in the employ of the Government or in a pay status under appropriations carried in this Act on July 1, 1937, nor for the pay of any such person beyond the period of enlistment or termination of employment, but nothing herein shall be construed as applying to instructors of foreign languages at the Military Academy, or to Filipinos in the Army Transport Service, or to persons employed outside of the continental limits of the United States except enlisted men of the Regular Army, other than Philippine Scouts, upon expiration of enlistment" (50 Stat. 442).