[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2846 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2846

        To confer citizenship posthumously on Jose J. Casillas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 1999

  Mr. Thompson of California introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
        To confer citizenship posthumously on Jose J. Casillas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIP FOR JOSE J. CASILLAS.

    (a) Granting of Posthumous Citizenship.--The Attorney General shall 
provide, in accordance with this section, for the granting of 
posthumous citizenship at the time of death to Jose J. Casillas upon 
the approval of an application for that posthumous citizenship under 
subsection (b).
    (b) Request for Posthumous Citizenship.--A request for the granting 
of posthumous citizenship to Jose J. Casillas may be filed on his 
behalf only by the next-of-kin (as defined by the Attorney General) or 
another representative (as defined by the Attorney General). The 
Attorney General shall approve such a request if it is filed not later 
than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this section.
    (c) Documentation of Posthumous Citizenship.--If the Attorney 
General approves the request under subsection (b), the Attorney General 
shall send to the individual who filed the request a suitable document 
which states that the United States considers Jose J. Casillas to have 
been a citizen of the United States at the time of his death.
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