[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 928 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 928

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify aliens who 
 have served, or are serving, in the Armed Forces of the United States 
when those aliens apply for an immigration benefit or are placed in an 
      immigration enforcement proceeding, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2019

    Mr. Vargas (for himself, Mr. Takano, Mr. Vela, and Ms. Gabbard) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify aliens who 
 have served, or are serving, in the Armed Forces of the United States 
when those aliens apply for an immigration benefit or are 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 (I-VETS) Act''.

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

    The Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
            (1) identify aliens, when those aliens apply for an 
        immigration benefit or are placed in an immigration enforcement 
        proceeding, who are serving, or have served, as a member of a 
        regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United 
        States on active duty or as a member of a reserve component of 
        the Armed Forces in an active status; and
            (2) annotate all immigration and naturalization records of 
        the Department of Homeland Security relating to an alien 
        identified pursuant to paragraph (1) so as to reflect that 
        identification and afford an opportunity to track the outcomes 
        for such aliens.
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