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HR 4058 107th Congress House

Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act

Official title: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the Immigration and Naturalization Service to verify whether an ali… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to require the Immigration and Naturalization Service to verify whether an alien has an immigration status rendering the alien eligible for service in the Armed Forces of the United States and to achieve parity between the immigration status required for employment as an airport security screener and the immigration status required for service in the Armed Forces, and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit naturalization through active-duty military service during specified military operations.

Introduced: June 13, 2002 Introduced by: Lofgren, Zoe Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 6, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Mar 21, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mar 20, 2002
Introduced in House
Mar 20, 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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 Latest action May 6, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

 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 would 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: (1) Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia (such period to begin as of December 1995); (2) Operation Allied Force in Kosovo (such operation to begin as of March 1999); or (3) Operation Enduring Freedom in Southwest Asia (such period to begin as of September 2001).

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jul 8, 2002
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 13, 2002
DOOLEY, CAL
· Mar 20, 2002
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 20, 2002
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Mar 20, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4058: Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4058/
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"H.R. 4058: Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4058/.
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H.R. 4058, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4058/.
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