H.R. 3761 (112th): Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act

Introduced:
Dec 20, 2011 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA1]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 932 on Feb 28, 2013. See H.R. 932 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on December 20, 2011, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Dec 20, 2011
Referred to Committee Dec 20, 2011
Cosponsors
16 cosponsors (15D, 1R) (show)
Committees

House Armed Services

House Judiciary

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Full Title

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect the well-being of soldiers and their families, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Dec 20, 2011.
7 pages

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12/20/2011--Introduced.
Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act - States that any person who serves or has served under honorable conditions as a member of the U.S. Armed Forces in support of contingency operations shall be eligible for naturalization as if the person had served during a period of presidentially-designated military hostilities.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to extend the period for filing a naturalization application to one year after completion of eligible military service.
Exempts from worldwide immigrant visa numerical limitations an alien who is eligible for a family-sponsored immigrant visa and is either the spouse or child of a permanent resident alien who is serving in the Armed Forces. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to permanent resident status an alien who is a parent, spouse, child, son or daughter, or minor sibling of a person who is serving or has served in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions.
Permits posthumous benefits under specified circumstances.
Permits the military enlistment of an alien who takes the oath set forth in this Act during any period of contingency operations.
States that with respect to a removal proceeding under INA:
(1) a notice to appear shall not be issued against an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces without the Secretary's prior approval;
(2) the Secretary, in determining whether to issue a notice, shall consider the alien's eligibility for naturalization, military service record, grounds of deportability, and any hardship to the Armed Forces, the alien, and his or her family if the alien were to be placed in removal proceedings; and
(3) an alien who serves or has served under honorable conditions in the Armed Forces shall not be removed from the United States under specified grounds.

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