[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4701-S4702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2364. Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. King) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. 529C. QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Additional Qualified Persons.--Section 504(b) of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) A Dreamer student.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) In this subsection, the term `Dreamer student' means 
     an individual who--
       ``(A) is not a national of the United States (as defined in 
     section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(22)));
       ``(B) has continuously resided in the United States since 
     June 15, 2007; and
       ``(C)(i) has been granted Deferred Action Deferred Action 
     for Childhood Arrivals under the policy announced by the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, or any 
     successor policy or regulation, and has not had such grant 
     terminated; and
       ``(ii) was younger than 17 years of age on the date on 
     which such individual initially entered the United States and 
     meets the minimum fitness and educational requirements 
     established by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of 
     the Navy, or the Secretary of the Air Force to become an 
     enlisted soldier, sailor, marine, airman, or guardian.''.
       (b) Admission to Permanent Residence of Enlistees.--Section 
     504 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection 
     (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Admission to Permanent Residence of Certain 
     Enlistees.--(1) A person described in subsection (b)(1)(D) 
     who, at the time of enlistment in an armed force, is not a 
     citizen or other national of the United States or lawfully 
     admitted for permanent residence shall be adjusted to the 
     status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
     under section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1259), except that the alien need not--
       ``(A) establish that he or she entered the United States 
     prior to January 1, 1972; or
       ``(B) comply with section 212(e) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1182(e)).
       ``(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall rescind the 
     lawful permanent resident status of a person whose status was 
     adjusted under paragraph (1) if the person is separated from 
     the armed forces under other than honorable conditions or 
     under an uncharacterized discharge before the person has 
     completed a first term of contracted service.
       ``(3) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to alter 
     the process prescribed by sections 328, 329, and 329A of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1439, 1440, 1440-1) 
     by which a person may naturalize through service in the armed 
     forces.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) Section heading.--Section 504 of title 10, United 
     States Code, as amended by this section, is further amended 
     in the section heading by inserting ``: citizenship or 
     residency requirements; exceptions'' after ``qualified''.
       (2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 31 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking the item relating to section 504 and 
     inserting the following:

``504. Persons not qualified: citizenship or residency requirements; 
              exceptions.''.

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