I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4316 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the enlistment of certain 
aliens in the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2025 
Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself and Mr. CISNEROS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 
enlistment of certain aliens in the Armed Forces, 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 ‘‘Fight for the American 
Dream Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED PERSONS FOR ENLIST-
MENT IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 504(b)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(D) A person who, at the time of enlistment 
in an armed force, possesses an employment author-
ization document issued by U.S. Citizenship and Im-
migration Services under the requirements of the 
Department of Homeland Security policy entitled 
‘Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals’.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION
HEADING.—Section 504 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended, in the section 
heading, by adding at the end the following: ‘‘; citi-
zenship or residency requirements; ex-
ceptions’’ 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 31 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 504 and inserting the following: 
‘‘504. Persons not qualified; citizenship or residency requirements; exceptions.’’. 
SEC. 3. MILITARY NATURALIZATION MODERNIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title III of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking section 328 (8 U.S.C. 1439); 
and 
(2) in section 329 (8 U.S.C. 1440)— 
(A) by amending the section heading to 
read 
as 
follows: 
‘‘NATURALIZATION 
THROUGH SERVICE IN THE SELECTED RE-
SERVE OR IN ACTIVE-DUTY STATUS.’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘during either’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘foreign force’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘America Samoa, 
or Swains Island’’ and inserting 
‘‘American Samoa, Swains Island, or 
any of the freely associated States (as 
defined in section 611(b)(1)(C) of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1411(b)(1)(C)),’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘he’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such person’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in 
an active-duty status, and whether separa-
tion from such service was under honorable 
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conditions’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance 
with subsection (b)(3)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘he’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such person’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘in 
an active-duty status’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘foreign force, and’’ and inserting 
‘‘in an active status (as defined in section 
101(d) of title 10, United States Code), in 
the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, 
or on active duty (as defined in such sec-
tion) and, if separated’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) is amended by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 328 and 329 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 329. Naturalization through service in the Selected Reserve or in active- 
duty status.’’. 
Æ 
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