[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7028 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7028

  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the 3-
   month State residency requirement for applicants for naturalized 
  citizenship do not apply with respect to spouses of members of the 
Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2022

   Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself and Mr. Thompson of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the 3-
   month State residency requirement for applicants for naturalized 
  citizenship do not apply with respect to spouses of members of the 
Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States, 
                        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 ``Ensuring Security for Military 
Spouses Act''.

SEC. 2. NO STATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE 
              ARMED FORCES SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY AT A LOCATION IN THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) In the case of a person lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence in the United States who is the spouse of a member of the 
Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States, 
the requirement under subsection (a) of this section and under section 
316(a) that a person have resided within the State or the Service 
district in the United States in which the applicant filed his 
application for at least three months shall not apply.''.
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