I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3103 
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
to jointly conduct a study and submit a report on deported veterans. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2017 
Mr. VEASEY (for himself, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. GONZALEZ of 
Texas, Mr. CORREA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Mr. VELA, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mrs. DEMINGS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to jointly conduct a study and submit 
a report on deported veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT ON DEPORTED VETERANS. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—By not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
jointly carry out a study on aliens— 
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(1) who are or were veterans; and 
(2) who were removed from the United States 
during the period beginning on January 1, 1990, 
and ending on January 1, 2017. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the completion of the study required under subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall jointly submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services and the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the 
study. Such report shall include each of the following: 
(1) The number of aliens removed by Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement during the period 
covered by the report who served on active duty in 
the United States Armed Forces or in a reserve 
component of the United States Armed Forces for a 
period of more than 180 days. 
(2) The country of origin for each alien de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(3) The number of aliens described in para-
graph (1) who were discharged or released from 
service in the Armed Forces under honorable condi-
tions. 
(4) The grounds for removal under section 
237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
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U.S.C. 1227) or section 212(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182), as applicable, 
for each alien described in paragraph (1) during the 
period covered by the report. 
(5) For each removed alien described in para-
graph (1), whether the alien appealed the removal 
order. 
(6) For each such removed alien, the length of 
time the alien served as a member of the Armed 
Forces. 
(7) The number of such removed aliens who 
were deployed overseas as members of the Armed 
Forces. 
(8) The number of such removed aliens who 
served on active duty in a combat theater of oper-
ations as members of the Armed Forces. 
(9) The number of such removed aliens who 
were awarded service medals on the basis of service 
in the Armed Forces. 
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