H.R. 887 — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes. | PoliFocus

H.R. 887115th Congress

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Immigration

Summary

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend posthumous citizenship to an otherwise qualified noncitizen who enlisted, reenlisted, extended enlistment, or was inducted into the U.S. Armed Forces in the Philippines and died as a result of such active duty service during the period September 1, 1939-December 31, 1946.

The executive department under which a person served shall determine whether the person satisfied the requirements for posthumous citizenship.

Specified naturalization and other posthumous benefit provisions shall not apply to the surviving spouse, child, or parent of such a person.

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Legislative Actions

2017-02-06
Introduced in House
2017-02-06
Introduced in House
2017-02-06
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-03-09
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2018-12-12
Mr. Goodlatte asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
2018-12-12
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2018-12-12
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2018-12-12
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10152-10153)
2018-12-12
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10152-10153)
2018-12-12
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10152-10153)
2018-12-12
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2018-12-13
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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