[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3940-S3941]
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SA 1894. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016
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for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:
SEC. 524. SENSE OF SENATE ON SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REVIEW OF
SECTION 504 OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE,
REGARDING ENLISTING CERTAIN ALIENS IN THE ARMED
FORCES.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Defense
should review section 504 of title 10, United States Code,
for the purpose of making a determination and authorization
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of such section regarding the
enlistment in the Armed Forces of aliens who--
(1) were unlawfully present in the United States on
December 31, 2011;
(2) have been continuously present in the United States
since that date;
(3) were younger than 16 years of age on the date the
aliens initially entered the United States; and
(4) disregarding such unlawful status, are otherwise
eligible for original enlistment in a regular component of
the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
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