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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 887 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 13, 2018 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. GRANTING OF POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIP TO 

4 OTHERWISE QUALIFIED NONCITIZENS WHO 

5 ENLISTED IN THE PHILIPPINES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 329A(b) of the Immigra7 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440–1(b)) is amended 

8 to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(b) NONCITIZENS ELIGIBLE FOR POSTHUMOUS

10 CITIZENSHIP.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person referred to in 

12 subsection (a) is a person who, while an alien or a 

13 noncitizen national of the United States— 

14 ‘‘(A) served honorably in an active-duty 

15 status in the military, air, or naval forces of the 

16 United States during any period described in 

17 the first sentence of section 329(a); 

18 ‘‘(B) died as a result of injury or disease 

19 incurred in or aggravated by that service; and 

20 ‘‘(C) either— 

21 ‘‘(i) satisfied the requirements of 

22 clause (1) or (2) of the first sentence of 

23 section 329(a); or 

24 ‘‘(ii) enlisted, reenlisted, extended en25 listment, or was inducted in the PhilVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:51 Dec 14, 2018 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H887.RFS H887

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1 ippines and died during the period begin2 ning September 1, 1939, and ending De3 cember 31, 1946. 

4 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF SATISFACTION OF RE5 QUIREMENTS.—The executive department under 

6 which a person described in paragraph (1) served 

7 shall determine whether the person satisfied the re8 quirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)(ii) of 

9 paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(3) POSTHUMOUS BENEFITS.—In the case of a 

11 person to which paragraph (1)(C)(ii) applies— 

12 ‘‘(A) section 319(d) shall not apply; and 

13 ‘‘(B) section 1703 of the National Defense 

14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 

15 Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1693; 8 U.S.C. 1151 

16 note) shall not apply.’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

18 329A(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

19 U.S.C. 1440–1(c)(2)) is amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘(or, in 

21 the case of an individual to which clause (ii) of sub22 section (b)(1)(C) applies, the date of the enactment 

23 of such clause (ii))’’ after ‘‘the date of enactment of 

24 this section’’; 


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1 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

2 the following new subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(B) the request is accompanied by a duly 

4 authenticated certificate from the executive de5 partment under which the person served which 

6 states that the person satisfied the require7 ments of— 

8 ‘‘(i) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 

9 subsection (b)(1); and 

10 ‘‘(ii) if applicable, subparagraph 

11 (C)(ii) of subsection (b)(1); and’’; and 

12 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘of sub13 section (b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘of subsection 

14 (b)(1)(C)(i)’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 12, 

2018. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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