Congress 107 - HR 4058 - Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act

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Military Standards for Airport Security Screeners Act - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to: (1) require the Immigration and Naturalization Service, upon a Federal agency airport security screener-related inquiry, to verify whether an alien has an immigration status that would render such alien eligible to serve in the United States Armed Forces; and (2) state that such an alien's immigration status would not would make him or her ineligible for an airport security screener's position.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for naturalization through active-duty service during: (1) Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia (such period to begin as of December 1995); (2) Operation Allied Force in Kosovo (such operation to begin as of March 1999); or (3) Operation Enduring Freedom in Southwest Asia (such period to begin as of September 2001).

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May 6, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Mar 21, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mar 20, 2002

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Mar 20, 2002

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