Ensuring Security for Military Spouses Act
This bill waives for certain military spouses a residency requirement pertaining to naturalization, specifically the requirement that the applicant must have resided for at least three months in the state or service district where the naturalization application is filed.
Under the bill, this residency requirement shall not apply to an applicant who is (1) a lawful permanent resident, and (2) the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in the United States.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7028 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7028
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the 3-
month State residency requirement for applicants for naturalized
citizenship do not apply with respect to spouses of members of the
Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 9, 2022
Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself and Mr. Thompson of California)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the 3-
month State residency requirement for applicants for naturalized
citizenship do not apply with respect to spouses of members of the
Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Security for Military
Spouses Act''.
SEC. 2. NO STATE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES SERVING ON ACTIVE DUTY AT A LOCATION IN THE
UNITED STATES.
Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) In the case of a person lawfully admitted for permanent
residence in the United States who is the spouse of a member of the
Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States,
the requirement under subsection (a) of this section and under section
316(a) that a person have resided within the State or the Service
district in the United States in which the applicant filed his
application for at least three months shall not apply.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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