TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION Part I--Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization Sec. 1401b. Repealed. Pub. L. 92-584, Sec. 2, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1289 Section, Pub. L. 85-316, Sec. 16, Sept. 11, 1957, 71 Stat. 644, provided that absence from the United States of less than twelve months would not break the continuity of presence in the administration of section 1401(b) of this title. See section 1401(b) of this title.