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Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act

Introduced: March 13, 2002 Introduced by: Lofgren, Zoe Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Became law
Mar 18, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Mar 14, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mar 13, 2002
Introduced in House
Mar 13, 2002
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to: (1) require the Immigration and Naturalization Service, upon a Federal agency airport security screener-related inquiry, to verify whether an alien has an immigration status that would render such alien eligible to serve in the United States Armed Forces; and (2) state that such an alien's immigration status would not make him or her ineligible for an airport security screener's position.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for naturalization through active-duty service during Operation Enduring Freedom (such period to begin as of September 19, 2001).

What's happening now March 18, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3959: Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3959/
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"H.R. 3959: Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3959/.
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H.R. 3959, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3959/.
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