Current status is Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 4316

1. Short title
2. Additional qualified persons for enlistment in the Armed Forces
3. Military naturalization modernization

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Fight for the American Dream Act".

2. Additional qualified persons for enlistment in the Armed Forces

(a) In general - Section 504(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

(D) - A person who, at the time of enlistment in an armed force, possesses an employment authorization document issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the requirements of the Department of Homeland Security policy entitled "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals".

(b) Clerical amendments -

(1) Section heading - Section 504 of title 10, United States Code, is amended, in the section heading, by adding at the end the following: "; citizenship or residency requirements; exceptions"

(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:

3. Military naturalization modernization

(a) In general - Chapter 2 of title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is amended—

(1) - by striking section 328 (8 U.S.C. 1439); and

(2) - in section 329 (8 U.S.C. 1440)—

(A) - by amending the section heading to read as follows: "Naturalization through service in the selected reserve or in active-duty status.";

(B) - in subsection (a)—

(i) - in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking "during either" and all that follows through "foreign force";

(ii) - in paragraph (1)—

(I) - by striking "America Samoa, or Swains Island" and inserting "American Samoa, Swains Island, or any of the freely associated States (as defined in section 611(b)(1)(C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411(b)(1)(C)),"; and

(II) - by striking "he" and inserting "such person"; and

(iii) - in paragraph (2), by striking "in an active-duty status, and whether separation from such service was under honorable conditions" and inserting "in accordance with subsection (b)(3)"; and

(i) - in paragraph (1), by striking "he" and inserting "such person"; and

(ii) - in paragraph (3), by striking "in an active-duty status" and all that follows through "foreign force, and" and inserting "in an active status (as defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code), in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, or on active duty (as defined in such section) and, if separated".

(b) Clerical amendment - The table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by striking the items relating to sections 328 and 329 and inserting the following: