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HR 3698 114th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Border security and unlawful immigration Citizenship and naturalization Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Military personnel and dependents

Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015

Introduced: October 7, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 4, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 3, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Oct 7, 2015
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.
Oct 7, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015

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 DHS 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 March 4, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2160 Related bill Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Dec 16, 2015
 D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Oct 7, 2015
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Oct 7, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3698: Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3698/
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"H.R. 3698: Military Enlistment Opportunity Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3698/.
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H.R. 3698, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3698/.
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