[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4058 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4058

 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
 Act of 1996 to require the Immigration and Naturalization Service to 
 verify whether an alien has an immigration status rendering the alien 
 eligible for service in the Armed Forces of the United States and to 
 achieve parity between the immigration status required for employment 
as an airport security screener and the immigration status required for 
     service in the Armed Forces, and to amend the Immigration and 
 Nationality Act to permit naturalization through active-duty military 
             service during specified military operations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2002

    Ms. Lofgren (for herself, Mr. Honda, Ms. Solis, Mr. Owens, Mr. 
    Menendez, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. 
  Sanchez, Mr. Wu, Mr. Berman, Mr. Dooley of California, Mr. Moran of 
Virginia, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Pastor, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. 
Matsui, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Filner, Mr. Farr of California, 
Mr. Stark, Mr. Rothman, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Frank, Mr. Serrano, 
      Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Roybal-Allard, and Mr. 
 Abercrombie) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
 Act of 1996 to require the Immigration and Naturalization Service to 
 verify whether an alien has an immigration status rendering the alien 
 eligible for service in the Armed Forces of the United States and to 
 achieve parity between the immigration status required for employment 
as an airport security screener and the immigration status required for 
     service in the Armed Forces, and to amend the Immigration and 
 Nationality Act to permit naturalization through active-duty military 
             service during specified military operations.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Standards for Airport 
Security Screeners Act''.

SEC. 2. VERIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION STATUS OF ALIENS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT 
              AS AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENERS.

    Section 642(c) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(c) Obligation to Respond to Inquiries.--
        The'' and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Obligation to Respond to Inquiries.--
            ``(1) In general.--The''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Special rule for inquiries relating to airport 
        security screeners.--Upon an inquiry by a Federal agency, the 
        Immigration and Naturalization Service shall verify whether an 
        alien has an immigration status rendering the alien eligible to 
        serve in the Armed Forces of the United States. An alien who is 
        verified as eligible for such service under the preceding 
        sentence shall not be considered ineligible, notwithstanding 
        any other provision of law, to be hired by the United States 
        for a position as an airport security screener because of the 
        immigration status of the alien.''.

SEC. 3. NATURALIZATION THROUGH ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE DURING SPECIFIED 
              MILITARY OPERATIONS.

    Section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440) 
is amended, in each of subsections (a) and (b), by inserting ``or 
during a period beginning in December 1995, and ending on a date 
designated by the President by Executive order as the date of 
termination of the operation in Bosnia known as Operation Joint 
Endeavor, or during a period beginning in March 1999, and ending on a 
date designated by the President by Executive order as the date of 
termination of the operation in Kosovo known as Operation Allied Force, 
or during a period beginning in September 2001, and ending on a date 
designated by the President by Executive order as the date of 
termination of the operation in Southwest Asia known as Operation 
Enduring Freedom,'' after ``hostile foreign force,''.
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