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8 U.S.C. § 1457 — Publication and distribution of citizenship textbooks; use of naturalization fees
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Authorization is granted for the publication and distribution of the citizenship textbook described in subsection (b) of [section 1443 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1443&num=0&edition=prelim) and for the reimbursement of the appropriation of the Department of Justice upon the records of the Treasury Department from the naturalization fees deposited in the Treasury through the Service for the cost of such publication and distribution, such reimbursement to be made upon statements by the Attorney General of books so published and distributed.
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Authorization is granted for the publication and distribution of the citizenship textbook described in subsection (b) of [section 1443 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1443&num=0&edition=prelim) and for the reimbursement of the appropriation of the Department of Justice upon the records of the Treasury Department from the naturalization fees deposited in the Treasury through the Service for the cost of such publication and distribution, such reimbursement to be made upon statements by the Attorney General of books so published and distributed.
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**(a) Rules and regulations governing examination of applicants** The Attorney General shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this part and is authorized to prescribe the scope and nature of the examination of applicants for naturalization as to their admissibility to citizenship. Such examination shall be limited to inquiry concerning the applicant’s residence, physical presence in the United States, good moral character, understanding of and attachment to the fundamental principles of the Constitution of the United States, ability to read, write, and speak English, and other qualifications to become a naturalized citizen as required by law, and shall be uniform throughout the United States.
**(b) Instruction in citizenship** The Attorney General is authorized to promote instruction and training in citizenship responsibilities of applicants for naturalization including the sending of names of candidates for naturalization to the public schools, preparing and distributing citizenship textbooks to such candidates as are receiving instruction in preparation for citizenship within or under the supervision of the public schools, preparing and distributing monthly an immigration and naturalization bulletin and securing the aid of and cooperating with official State and national organizations, including those concerned with vocational education.
**(c) Prescription of forms** The Attorney General shall prescribe and furnish such forms as may be required to give effect to the provisions of this part, and only such forms as may be so provided shall be legal. All certificates of naturalization and of citizenship shall be printed on safety paper and shall be consecutively numbered in separate series.
**(d) Administration
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There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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Page 525
TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1481
in naturalization matters. See section 3202 of Title 39,
Postal Service.
§ 1457. Publication and distribution of citizen-
ship textbooks; use of naturalization fees
Authorization is granted for the publication
and distribution of the citizenship textbook de-
scribed in subsection (b) of section 1443 of this
title and for the reimbursement of the appro-
priation of the Department of Justice upon the
records of the Treasury Department from the
naturalization fees deposited in the Treasury
through the Service for the cost of such publica-
tion and distribution, such reimbursement to be
made upon statements by the Attorney General
of books so published and distributed.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 346, 66
Stat. 266.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ABOLITION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
SERVICE AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization
Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related
references, see note set out under section 1551 of this
title.
§ 1458. Compilation of naturalization statistics
and payment for equipment
The Attorney General is authorized and di-
rected to prepare from the records in the cus-
tody of the Service a report upon those here-
tofore seeking citizenship to show by nationali-
ties their relation to the numbers of aliens an-
nually arriving and to the prevailing census pop-
ulations of the foreign-born, their economic, vo-
cational, and other classification, in statistical
form, with analytical comment thereon, and to
prepare such report annually hereafter. Pay-
ment for the equipment used in preparing such
compilation shall be made from the appropria-
tion for the enforcement of this chapter by the
Service.
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