[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1691 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1691

 To expedite the granting of posthumous citizenship to members of the 
                      United States Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2003

 Mr. Isakson (for himself, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, 
    Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Burns, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Norwood, Mr. 
    Kingston, Mr. Marshall, Ms. Majette, and Mr. Lewis of Georgia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To expedite the granting of posthumous citizenship to members of the 
                      United States Armed Forces.

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

SECTION 1. GRANTING OF POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIP TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    (a) Requests and Documentation for Posthumous Citizenship.--Section 
329A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440-1) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Requests for Posthumous Citizenship.--A request for the 
granting of posthumous citizenship to a person described in subsection 
(b) shall be filed on behalf of that person by the Secretary of Defense 
or the Secretary's designee with the Bureau of Citizenship and 
Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security immediately 
upon the death of that person.''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Documentation of Posthumous Citizenship.--If the Director of 
the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services approves the request 
referred to in subsection (c), the Director shall send to the next-of-
kin of the person who is granted citizenship, a suitable document which 
states that the United States considers the person to have been a 
citizen of the United States at the time of the person's death.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 329A(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440-1(a)) is amended by 
striking ``the Attorney General'' each place that term appears and 
inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland Security''.
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