[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5234 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5234

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2000

Mr. Radanovich (for himself, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Hunter, 
 Mr. Herger, Mr. Vento, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, and Mr. Dooley of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 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)''.
    (c) 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.''.
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