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S 1059 113th Congress Senate Immigration Citizenship and naturalization Conflicts and wars Military personnel and dependents

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in…

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A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization.

Introduced: May 23, 2013 See on congress.gov
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May 23, 2013
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 23, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3857)
May 23, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the U.S. Armed Forces for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied specified naturalization requirements.

What's happening now May 23, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Bill text 1 version

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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jun 11, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1059: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1059/
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"S. 1059: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1059/.
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S. 1059, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1059/.
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[S. 1059: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization.](https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1059/)
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