3.0.0 2346 2022-11-01T20:02:15Z 2022-11-01T20:02:15Z House HR 2019-04-18 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 66 (Thursday, April 18, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. THOMPSON of California:H.R. 2346.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I[Page H3275]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2019-05-20T19:00:17Z Referred to 2019-04-18T19:32:00Z 2019-05-20 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Committee 2019-04-18 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2019-04-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-04-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 5 N C001123 Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39] Gilbert Cisneros D CA Ray 39 2019-05-28 False V000132 Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] Filemon Vela D TX 34 2019-11-01 False Immigration Citizenship and naturalization Immigration status and procedures Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents User charges and fees Visas and passports Immigration 00 2019-04-18 Introduced in House 2019-11-21T17:17:14Z Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act

This bill establishes that any person who has served under honorable conditions as a member of the Armed Forces in support of contingency operations shall be eligible for naturalization as if the person had served during a period of presidentially-designated military hostilities. (Contingency operations are operations where Armed Forces members are or may become involved in military actions, operations, or hostilities, or that result in the call to active duty)

The bill extends the period for filing a naturalization application from six months to one year after completing eligible military service.

An alien eligible for a family-sponsored visa and is either the spouse or child of a permanent resident alien serving in the Armed Forces shall be exempt from worldwide visa numerical limitations.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may adjust to permanent resident status an alien who is a parent, spouse, child, son or daughter, or minor sibling of a person who has served in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions. The bill permits posthumous benefits under specified circumstances.

DHS must give prior approval before a notice to appear in a removal proceeding may be issued against an alien who has served honorably in the Armed Forces. Before giving such approval, DHS shall consider factors such as the alien's record of service, grounds of deportability applicable to the alien, and any hardship to the Armed Forces or the alien or family members if placed in removal proceedings. Such an alien may shall not be removed based on certain grounds of inadmissibility or detained after ordered removed.

]]> Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act Display Title Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect the well-being of soldiers and their families, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr2346ih/xml/BILLS-116hr2346ih.xml 2019-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. 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.