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HR 1616 107th Congress House Immigration Aliens Armed Forces and National Security Citizenship Immigrants Military discharges Military medals, decorations, etc. Naturalization War casualties

Veterans' Citizenship Act of 2001

Introduced: April 26, 2001 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 9, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Apr 26, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 26, 2001
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Veterans' Citizenship Act of 2001 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise provisions respecting naturalization through armed forces' service to provide that an alien who, after acquiring permanent resident status, serves on active duty status in the U.S. armed forces for at least three years of honorable service, or who is awarded the Purple Heart, may apply for naturalization without regard to other naturalization requirements. Permits such an application to be filed abroad.
What's happening now May 9, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Waters, Maxine
California · Mar 18, 2002
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Nov 27, 2001
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Oct 2, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1616: Veterans' Citizenship Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1616/
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"H.R. 1616: Veterans' Citizenship Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1616/.
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H.R. 1616, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1616/.
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