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[H.R. 5234 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5234

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 to extend the 
 applicability of that Act to certain former spouses of deceased Hmong 
                                veterans.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF HMONG VETERANS' NATURALIZATION ACT OF 2000 TO 
              CERTAIN FORMER SPOUSES OF DECEASED HMONG VETERANS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Hmong Veterans' Naturalization 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-207; 114 Stat. 316; 8 U.S.C. 1423 note) is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
        (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
    inserting ``; or''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
        ``(3) who--
            ``(A) satisfies the requirement of paragraph (1)(A); and
            ``(B) is the surviving spouse of a person described in 
        paragraph (1)(B) which described person was killed or died in 
        Laos, Thailand, or Vietnam.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3 of such Act is amended by 
striking ``or (2)'' and inserting ``, (2), or (3)''.

SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION.

    Section 6 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``In the case of a person described in section 2(3), the 
application referred to in the preceding sentence, and appropriate 
fees, shall be filed not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this sentence.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.