3.0.0 2757 2023-01-11T13:17:07Z 2023-01-11T13:17:07Z Senate S S 2009-11-09 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-11-10T00:43:01Z 2009-11-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-11-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-11-09 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-11-09 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-11-09 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2009-11-09 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2009-11-09 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-11-20 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2009-11-30 False Immigration Citizenship and naturalization Immigration status and procedures Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Immigration 00 2009-11-09 Introduced in Senate 2009-11-20T16:28:51Z Military Families Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General to adjust the status of an eligible alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence if the alien: (1) applies for adjustment (with a time limit for an alien applying as a family member of a deceased Armed Forces member); (2) is admissible to the United States as an immigrant; (3) pays the application fee (unless waived); and (4) is physically present in the United States.

Applies such provision to an alien who is: (1) a parent, spouse, child, son, or daughter (and their spouse, child, son, or daughter, if any) of a living Armed Forces member or of a deceased Armed Forces member who died as a result of service-incurred injury or disease; or (2) a son or daughter of a Filipino parent who was naturalized based upon active duty World War II service in the Philippine Army, Philippine Scouts, or a recognized guerilla unit.

Defines "Armed Forces member" as a person who: (1) is, or was at the time of the person's death, a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident; (2) is serving, or has served honorably on or after October 7, 2001, as a member of the National Guard or the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, or in an active-duty status in the U.S. military; and (3) if separated from service was separated under honorable conditions.

Waives specified grounds of inadmissibility and authorizes the waiver of additional grounds of inadmissibility.



]]> Military Families Act Display Title Military Families Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the adjustment of status for immediate family members of persons who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Families Act Introduced in Senate 2009-11-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2757is/xml/BILLS-111s2757is.xml 2009-11-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.