Title: Sergeant First Class Javier J. Gutierrez Purple Heart Survivor Naturalization Fee Relief Act of 2021
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Sergeant First Class Javier J. Gutierrez Purple Heart Survivor Naturalization Fee Relief Act of 2021
The bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to waive fees for naturalization and certain immigration-related benefits for the immediate relatives of a Purple Heart recipient. Generally, the children, spouses, and parents of a Purple Heart recipient shall qualify as an immediate relative.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1387 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






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 Representatives 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''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION OF FEES FOR CERTAIN IMMEDIATE RELATIVES OF AN 
              INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall include 
on a certain application or petition 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 immediate 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 certain application or petition and any 
associated fee for biometrics 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 service'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 101(d) of title 10, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Certain immediate relatives of an individual 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, Application for 
                Naturalization (or any successor form); or
                    (B) a petition using Form I-360, Petition for 
                Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant (or any 
                successor form).
            (4) Immediate relative.--The term ``immediate relative'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 201(b) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)).
                                 <all>