I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1470 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the grounds of 
deportability for certain alien members of the United States Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2017 
Mr. GALLEGO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit 
the grounds of deportability for certain alien members 
of the United States Armed Forces, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Restoring Respect for 
Immigrant Service in Uniform Act’’. 
SEC. 2. READMISSION OF DEPORTED VETERANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Secretary of Homeland Security should exercise the 
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Secretary’s 
discretion, 
including 
under 
subsections 
(a)(9)(A)(iii), (a)(9)(B)(v), (d)(3)(A), and (d)(5)(A) of 
section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182) in order to admit to the United States an 
alien who is inadmissible under such section 212, was pre-
viously subject to an order of removal or has been re-
moved, is outside of the United States, and is seeking ad-
mission to the United States, if the alien— 
(1) has been a member of the United States 
Armed Forces for a period of not less 180 days, and 
has not received a discharge other than an honorable 
discharge; 
(2) has not been convicted of— 
(A) a felony; 
(B) a significant misdemeanor; or 
(C) 3 or more misdemeanors that are not 
significant misdemeanors, each of which oc-
curred on a different date, and arose out of sep-
arate conduct; and 
(3) is not otherwise a threat to national secu-
rity or public safety. 
(b) SIGNIFICANT MISDEMEANOR DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘significant misdemeanor’’ means a mis-
demeanor— 
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(1) which is a crime of domestic violence (as 
such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)(i) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1227(a)(2)(E)(i))); 
(2) which is a sexual assault (as such term is 
defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13925(a))); 
(3) which involved the unlawful possession of a 
firearm (as such term is defined in section 921 of 
title 18, United States Code); or 
(4) for which the alien was sentenced to a term 
of imprisonment of longer than 90 days. 
SEC. 3. LIMITING GROUNDS OF DEPORTABILITY FOR 
SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS. 
Section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1227) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) ALIEN MEMBERS
OF
THE UNITED STATES 
ARMED FORCES.—The provisions of this section shall not 
apply to an alien who has been a member of the United 
States Armed Forces for a period of not less than 180 
days, and who has not received a discharge other than an 
honorable discharge, except in the case of an alien who— 
‘‘(1) has been convicted of— 
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‘‘(A) a felony; 
‘‘(B) a significant misdemeanor (as such 
term is defined in section 2 of the Restoring 
Respect for Immigrant Service in Uniform Act); 
or 
‘‘(C) 3 or more misdemeanors that are not 
significant misdemeanors, each of which oc-
curred on a different date, and arose out of sep-
arate conduct; and 
‘‘(2) is otherwise a threat to national security 
or public safety.’’. 
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