HR 435 113th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Citizenship and naturalization Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Military personnel and dependents

Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2013

Introduced: January 29, 2013 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 28, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.

Feb 28, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Jan 29, 2013

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.

Jan 29, 2013

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends citizenship and residency qualifications for enlistment in the armed forces to permit enlistment of additional persons who: (1) have resided continuously in a lawful status in the United States for at least two years, or (2) possess an employment authorization document issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under requirements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy entitled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Requires authorized enlistees who are not citizens or other nationals of the United States or lawfully admitted for permanent residence to be adjusted to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under an exception to specified provisions of Immigration and Nationality Act. (Such enlistees need not establish that they entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972, or comply with other specified requirements.)

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to rescind such adjusted status if the person is separated from the armed forces under other than honorable conditions before the person served for a period or periods aggregating five years.

What's happening now February 28, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.

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