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Naturalization Accountability Act
To include any felony conviction as a ground for revocation of naturalization, to strike the 5-year limitation on the revocation of naturalization for membership in certain totalitarian or treasonous organizations, and to eliminate the 10-year statute of limitation for certain criminal penalties that would disqualify a person from naturalization.
Summary
This bill expands the grounds for and extends the timeline for revoking citizenship from naturalized citizens. It removes the five-year time limit on revocation for membership in certain organizations and adds any felony conviction as grounds for revocation at any time. The bill also eliminates the statute of limitations for prosecuting certain crimes related to unlawfully obtaining citizenship or naturalization.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Tom Cotton’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $80,461
- APOLLO MANAGEMENT $25,600
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $19,800
- BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $13,200
- APOLLO $11,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Tom Cotton → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 17, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Mar 17, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 17, 2026
Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To include any felony conviction as a ground for revocation of naturalization, to strike the 5-year limitation on the revocation of naturalization for membership in certain totalitarian or treasonous organizations, and to eliminate the 10-year statute of limitation for certain criminal penalties that would disqualify a person from naturalization.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Naturalization Accountability Act”.
SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF NATURALIZATION.
Section 340(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1451) is amended—
(1) by striking “shall within five years next following such naturalization become” and inserting “becomes”; and
(2) by inserting “or has been convicted at any time of any felony,” after “section 313,”.
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF 10-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATION FOR CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR PROCUREMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR NATURALIZATION UNLAWFULLY.
Section 3291 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking “No person” and inserting the following:
“(a) Ten-Year Limitation.—No person”;
(2) by striking “sections 1423 to 1428” and inserting “sections 1423, 1424, and 1426 to 1428”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(b) No Limitation.—Notwithstanding any other law, an indictment may be found or an information instituted at any time without limitation for any offense under section 1425.”. <all>
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