Fight for the American Dream Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4316 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4316

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the enlistment of 
      certain aliens in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2025

 Mr. Carbajal (for himself and Mr. Cisneros) introduced the following 
  bill; which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the enlistment of 
      certain aliens in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 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:

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

SEC. 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
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (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:

``Sec. 329. Naturalization through service in the Selected Reserve or 
                            in active-duty status.''.
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