Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar Posthumous Citizenship Act of 2023
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Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar Posthumous Citizenship Act of 2023
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.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3714: Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar Posthumous Citizenship Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3714/
"H.R. 3714: Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar Posthumous Citizenship Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3714/.
H.R. 3714, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3714/.
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