HR 1814 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003

Introduced Apr 11, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Hilda L. Solis D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 6, 2003 Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 11, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act respecting naturalization through service in the armed forces to: (1) reduce the required service from three years to two years; (2) prohibit the imposition of a naturalization fee; and (3) qualify the Selective Reserve of the Ready Reserve for such benefits.

Provides for overseas naturalization proceedings for members of the armed forces.

Retains immediate relative status for the alien wife, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen who died from injury or disease incurred while serving honorably on active military service. (Requires petition filing within two years of such death.)

States that an application for status adjustment by the alien wife, child, or parent of an alien member of the armed forces who was granted service-related posthumous citizenship may be adjudicated as if the death had not occurred. (Requires application filing prior to such death.)

Treats the spouse, child, or parent of a lawful permanent resident who was granted service-related posthumous citizenship as a valid petitioner for immediate family status. (Requires parent filing within two years of such death.)

Permits such aliens to apply for permanent resident status adjustment.

Waives specified grounds of inadmissibility.

Cosponsors 52

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2003 to Jun 2, 2003; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-UTChris CannonOriginalApr 11, 2003
R-CADavid DreierOriginalApr 11, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalApr 11, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalApr 11, 2003
R-COScott McInnisOriginalApr 11, 2003
R-NJChristopher H. SmithApr 30, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezApr 30, 2003
D-ILLane EvansApr 30, 2003
D-CAMichael M. HondaApr 30, 2003
D-TXSilvestre ReyesApr 30, 2003
D-CAAdam B. SchiffMay 6, 2003
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaMay 6, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyMay 6, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenMay 6, 2003
D-CADennis A. CardozaMay 6, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoMay 6, 2003
D-CAJoe BacaMay 6, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoMay 6, 2003
D-CALinda T. SánchezMay 6, 2003
D-CALoretta SanchezMay 6, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardMay 6, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezMay 6, 2003
D-CANancy PelosiMay 6, 2003
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyMay 6, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaMay 6, 2003
D-NJRobert MenendezMay 6, 2003
D-NJRush HoltMay 6, 2003
D-TXSolomon P. OrtizMay 6, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenMay 6, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeMay 8, 2003
D-NCBob EtheridgeMay 8, 2003
D-ORDavid WuMay 8, 2003
D-ASEni F. H. FaleomavaegaMay 8, 2003
D-NCFrank W. Ballance Jr.May 8, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanMay 8, 2003
D-MOIke SkeltonMay 8, 2003
D-VAJames P. MoranMay 8, 2003
R-NVJim GibbonsMay 8, 2003
R-KSJim RyunMay 8, 2003
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsMay 9, 2003
D-AZEd PastorMay 9, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelMay 13, 2003
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloMay 13, 2003
D-TXRuben HinojosaMay 13, 2003
R-NELee TerryMay 14, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichMay 19, 2003
D-TXGene GreenMay 19, 2003
D-CAGeorge MillerMay 19, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMay 19, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottMay 19, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensMay 19, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumJun 2, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Apr 11, 2003
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee
Referred Apr 28, 2003Hearings May 6, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 6, 2003Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  2. Apr 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
  3. Apr 11, 2003Introduced in House
  4. Apr 11, 2003Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
—HOUSE MILITARY NATURALIZATION BILLS47 pagesJudiciary CommitteeMay 6, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 922Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003Identical billApr 11, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To change the requirements for naturalization through service in the Armed Forces of the United States, to extend naturalization benefits to members of the Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the Armed Forces, to extend posthumous benefits to surviving spouses, children, and parents, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 11, 2003Introduced in House

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