Opportunity for Military Academies and Readiness Act

Bill: 114-hr-2367
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2015-05-15
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Military education and training

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Opportunity for Military Academies and Readiness Act </strong></p> <p>Authorizes an alien who possesses an employment authorization document issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy of the Department of Homeland Security and who otherwise satisfies the requirements for admission to a military service academy, other than U.S. citizenship, to be appointed to and to attend such academy and, upon graduation, to be appointed as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2367 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2015 Mr. Castro of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize aliens who are covered by certain immigration policies and who otherwise satisfy the requirements for admission to a military service academy to be appointed to and attend a military service academy and, upon graduation, to be appointed as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Opportunity for Military Academies and Readiness Act . 2. Authority to appoint certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States as cadets and midshipmen at military service academies (a) United States Military academy Section 4346 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) (1) An alien who, at the time of application for admission to the Academy, possesses an employment authorization document issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services under the requirements of the Department of Homeland Security policy dated June 15, 2012, and entitled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or the memorandum dated November 20, 2014, and entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States and Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who are Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents and who otherwise satisfies the requirements for admission to the Academy, other than the United States citizenship requirement, may be— (A) appointed as a cadet and attend the Academy; and (B) upon graduation, be appointed as a commissioned officer in the armed forces. (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to alter the process prescribed by sections 328, 329, and 329A of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1439 , 1440, 1440) by which a person may naturalize through service in the armed forces. . (b) Naval academy Section 6958 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) (1) An alien who, at the time of application for admission to the Naval Academy, possesses an employment authorization document issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services under the requirements of the Department of Homeland Security policy dated June 15, 2012, and entitled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or the memorandum dated November 20, 2014, and entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States and Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who are Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents and who otherwise satisfies the requirements for admission to the Academy, other than the United States citizenship requirement, may be— (A) appointed as a midshipman and attend the Academy; and (B) upon graduation, be appointed as a commissioned officer in the armed forces. (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to alter the process prescribed by sections 328, 329, and 329A of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1439 , 1440, 1440) by which a person may naturalize through service in the armed forces. . (c) Air force academy Section 9346 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) (1) An alien who, at the time of application for admission to the Academy, possesses an employment authorization document issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services under the requirements of the Department of Homeland Security policy dated June 15, 2012, and entitled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or the memorandum dated November 20, 2014, and entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States and Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who are Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents and who otherwise satisfies the requirements for admission to the Academy, other than the United States citizenship requirement, may be— (A) appointed as a cadet and attend the Academy; and (B) upon graduation, be appointed as a commissioned officer in the armed forces. (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to alter the process prescribed by sections 328, 329, and 329A of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1439 , 1440, 1440) by which a person may naturalize through service in the armed forces. .