To amend section 1059(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to clarify that a period of employment abroad by the Chief of Mission or United States Armed Forces as a translator, interpreter, or in a security-related position in an executive or managerial capacity is to be counted as a period of residence and physical presence in the United States for purposes of qualifying for naturalization, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6223.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5328):
  Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6223, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6223

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a5aa54c4def80e4d0e0a817d745df1f2ea17f3bb642672228ac0fa8f064eeb9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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