HR 2309
102th Congress
House
Immigration
Aliens
Armed Forces and National Security
Naturalization
Veterans' disability compensation
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise certain health requirements regarding the admission of certain disabled veterans and to revise the period of active military service required for a veteran to qualify for naturalization.
Introduced: May 13, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 16, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
May 13, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
May 13, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to waive certain service-connected disabilities as health-related grounds for denying an alien admission into the United States.
Provides with regard to naturalization through armed forces service for: (1) a reduction in qualifying service time from three years to two years; and (2) eligibility based on any period of service in the case of a service-connected disability.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
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