[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1725 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1725

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify each alien 
who has served, or is serving, in the Armed Forces of the United States 
 when any alien applies for an immigration benefit or is placed in an 
      immigration enforcement proceeding, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 2017

    Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify each alien 
who has served, or is serving, in the Armed Forces of the United States 
 when any alien applies for an immigration benefit or is placed in an 
      immigration enforcement proceeding, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Immigrant Veterans Eligibility 
Tracking System Act'' or the ``I-VETS Act''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING ALIENS CONNECTED TO THE ARMED FORCES.

    Upon an alien's application for an immigration benefit or the 
placement of such alien in an immigration enforcement proceeding, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
            (1) determine if the alien is serving, or has served, as a 
        member of--
                    (A) a regular or reserve component of the Armed 
                Forces of the United States on active duty; or
                    (B) a reserve component of the Armed Forces in an 
                active status; and
            (2) annotate every immigration and naturalization record of 
        the Department of Homeland Security relating to an alien 
        described in paragraph (1) to--
                    (A) reflect that membership; and
                    (B) afford an opportunity to track the outcomes for 
                each alien.
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