Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense should review section 504 of title 10, United States Code, for purposes related to enlisting certain aliens in the Armed Forces.

Bill: 113-hres-685
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2014-07-24
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2014-07-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-07-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense (DOD) should review exceptions to citizenship, residency, and disqualification standards for enlistment in the Armed Forces to make a determination regarding the enlistment of aliens who possess an employment authorization document issued under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established pursuant to the DHS Secretary's memorandum dated June 15, 2012.</p>

tv_txt: IV 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 685 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 24, 2014 Mr. Foster (for himself, Mr. Vargas , Mr. Polis , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Moran , Mr. Farr , Ms. Norton , Mr. Ellison , Ms. Hahn , Mr. Gutiérrez , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Edwards , Mr. Holt , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Rangel , and Mr. Ruiz ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense should review section 504 of title 10, United States Code, for purposes related to enlisting certain aliens in the Armed Forces.

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense should review section 504 of title 10, United States Code, for the purpose of making a determination and authorization pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of such section regarding the enlistment in the Armed Forces of an alien who possesses an employment authorization document issued under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program of the Department of Homeland Security established pursuant to the memorandum of the Secretary of Homeland Security dated June 15, 2012.