Title: I–VETS Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Immigrant Veterans Eligibility Tracking System Act or the I-VETS Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to identify aliens who are serving or have served in the Armed Forces, when such an alien applies for an immigration benefit or is placed in an immigration enforcement proceeding. Such information shall be reflected in DHS records, and shall not be used to remove an alien from the United States.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1040 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1040

 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify each alien 
who is serving, or has served, in the Armed Forces of the United States 
on the application of any such alien for an immigration benefit or the 
 placement of any such alien in an immigration enforcement proceeding, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 4, 2019

     Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Blumenthal, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Merkley, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify each alien 
who is serving, or has served, in the Armed Forces of the United States 
on the application of any such alien for an immigration benefit or the 
 placement of any such alien in an immigration enforcement proceeding, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immigrant Veterans Eligibility 
Tracking System Act'' or the ``I-VETS Act''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING ALIENS CONNECTED TO THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--On the application by an alien for an immigration 
benefit or the placement of an alien in an immigration enforcement 
proceeding, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall--
            (1) determine whether the alien is serving, or has served, 
        as a member of--
                    (A) a regular or reserve component of the Armed 
                Forces of the United States on active duty; or
                    (B) a reserve component of the Armed Forces in an 
                active status; and
            (2) with respect to the immigration and naturalization 
        records of the Department of Homeland Security relating to an 
        alien who is serving, or has served, as a member of the Armed 
        Forces described in paragraph (1), annotate such records--
                    (A) to reflect that membership; and
                    (B) to afford an opportunity to track the outcomes 
                for each such alien.
    (b) Prohibition on Use of Information for Removal.--Information 
gathered under subsection (a) may not be used for the purpose of 
removing an alien from the United States.
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