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HR 6501 117th Congress House Immigration

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United…

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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 25, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jan 25, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 25, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill extends posthumous citizenship to an otherwise qualified noncitizen who enlisted, reenlisted, extended enlistment, or was inducted into the U.S. Armed Forces in the Philippines and died as a result of such active duty service during the period beginning September 1, 1939, and ending December 31, 1946.

The executive department under which an individual served must determine whether the individual satisfied the requirements for posthumous citizenship under this bill.

Specified naturalization and other posthumous benefit provisions shall not apply to the surviving spouse, child, or parent of such an individual.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 2
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jun 22, 2022
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 29, 2022
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Mar 29, 2022
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 18, 2022
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 18, 2022
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jan 25, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6501: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6501/
MLA
"H.R. 6501: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6501/.
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H.R. 6501, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6501/.
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[H.R. 6501: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while serving on active duty with the United States Armed Forces during certain periods of hostilities, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6501/)
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