S. 1059

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization.

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113th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1059

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 23, 2013

Mr. Kirk introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization.

1.

Treatment of certain persons as having satisfied English and civics, good moral character, and honorable service and discharge requirements for naturalization

(a)

Immigration and Nationality Act

The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by inserting after section 329A (8 U.S.C. 1440–1) the following new section:

329B.

Persons who have received an award for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat

(a)

In general

For purposes of naturalization and continuing citizenship under the following provisions of law, a person who has received an award described in subsection (b) shall be treated—

(1)

as having satisfied the requirements in sections 312(a), 316(a)(3), and subsections (b)(3), (c), and (e) of section 328; and

(2)

under sections 328 and 329, as having served honorably in the Armed Forces for (in the case of section 328) a period or periods aggregating one year, and, if separated from such service, as having been separated under honorable conditions.

(b)

Application

This section shall apply with respect to the following awards from the Armed Forces of the United States:

(1)

The Combat Infantryman Badge from the Army.

(2)

The Combat Medical Badge from the Army.

(3)

The Combat Action Badge from the Army.

(4)

The Combat Action Ribbon from the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Coast Guard.

(5)

The Air Force Combat Action Medal.

(6)

Any other award that the Secretary of Defense determines to be an equivalent award for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat.

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(b)

Clerical amendment

The table of contents of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 329A the following:

Sec. 329B. Persons who have received an award for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat.

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