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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1387 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to exempt certain immediate 
relatives of an individual who was awarded the Purple Heart from 
certain fees, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2021 
Mr. WALTZ (for himself and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to exempt 
certain immediate relatives of an individual who was 
awarded the Purple Heart from certain fees, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sergeant First Class 
Javier J. Gutierrez Purple Heart Survivor Naturalization 
Fee Relief Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF FEES FOR CERTAIN IMMEDIATE 
RELATIVES OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO RE-
CEIVED THE PURPLE HEART. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall include on a certain application or peti-
tion an opportunity for certain immediate relatives of an 
individual who was awarded the Purple Heart to identify 
themselves as such an immediate relative. 
(b) FEE EXEMPTION.—The Secretary shall exempt 
certain immediate relatives of an individual who was 
awarded the Purple Heart, who identifies as such an im-
mediate relative on a certain application or petition, from 
a fee with respect to a certain application or petition and 
any associated fee for biometrics. 
(c) PENDING APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security may waive fees for a cer-
tain application or petition and any associated fee for bio-
metrics for certain immediate relatives of an individual 
who was awarded the Purple Heart, if such application 
or petition is submitted not more than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
(1) ACTIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘‘active serv-
ice’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
101(d) of title 10, United States Code. 
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(2) CERTAIN IMMEDIATE RELATIVES OF AN IN-
DIVIDUAL
WHO
WAS
AWARDED
THE
PURPLE 
HEART.—The term ‘‘certain immediate relatives of 
an individual who was awarded the Purple Heart’’ 
means an immediate relative of a living or deceased 
member of the Armed Forces who was awarded the 
Purple Heart and who is not a person ineligible for 
military honors pursuant to section 985(a) of title 
10, United States Code. 
(3) CERTAIN APPLICATION OR PETITION.—The 
term ‘‘certain application or petition’’ means— 
(A) an application using Form–400, Appli-
cation for Naturalization (or any successor 
form); or 
(B) a petition using Form I–360, Petition 
for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immi-
grant (or any successor form). 
(4) IMMEDIATE RELATIVE.—The term ‘‘imme-
diate relative’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 201(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)). 
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