[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3103 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3103

   To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security to jointly conduct a study and submit a report on deported 
                               veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2017

  Mr. Veasey (for himself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Gonzalez of 
Texas, Mr. Correa, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Al Green of Texas, 
  Mr. Vela, Ms. McCollum, and Mrs. Demings) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in 
    addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland 
  Security to jointly conduct a study and submit a report on deported 
                               veterans.

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

SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT ON DEPORTED VETERANS.

    (a) Study Required.--By not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall jointly carry out a study on aliens--
            (1) who are or were veterans; and
            (2) who were removed from the United States during the 
        period beginning on January 1, 1990, and ending on January 1, 
        2017.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
completion of the study required under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the study. Such 
report shall include each of the following:
            (1) The number of aliens removed by Immigration and Customs 
        Enforcement during the period covered by the report who served 
        on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or in a 
        reserve component of the United States Armed Forces for a 
        period of more than 180 days.
            (2) The country of origin for each alien described in 
        paragraph (1).
            (3) The number of aliens described in paragraph (1) who 
        were discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces 
        under honorable conditions.
            (4) The grounds for removal under section 237(a) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227) or section 
        212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182), 
        as applicable, for each alien described in paragraph (1) during 
        the period covered by the report.
            (5) For each removed alien described in paragraph (1), 
        whether the alien appealed the removal order.
            (6) For each such removed alien, the length of time the 
        alien served as a member of the Armed Forces.
            (7) The number of such removed aliens who were deployed 
        overseas as members of the Armed Forces.
            (8) The number of such removed aliens who served on active 
        duty in a combat theater of operations as members of the Armed 
        Forces.
            (9) The number of such removed aliens who were awarded 
        service medals on the basis of service in the Armed Forces.
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