Second Chance for Service Act

Bill: 115-hr-3352
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2017-07-20
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization

Criminal procedure and sentencing

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Second Chance for Service Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an applicant for citizenship who served honorably in the Armed Forces is not barred from becoming a U.S. citizen on the grounds of not being a person of good moral character based upon specified behaviors or having committed certain crimes, excluding crimes relating to murder, rape, sexual abuse of a minor, child pornography, prostitution, trafficking in persons, and national security. </p> <p>In determining whether an applicant is of good moral character, the applicant's honorable service shall be weighed against any finding of having committed such behaviors or crimes.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3352 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2017 Mr. Takano (for himself, Mr. Vargas , and Ms. Castor of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an applicant for citizenship who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States is not automatically barred from becoming a citizen of the United States for having committed certain crimes, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Second Chance for Service Act . 2. Establishing good moral character of applicants for citizenship who served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States Section 328(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding section 101(f), a finding that an applicant under this section is described in any of paragraphs (1) through (9) of section 101(f) (except in the case of an applicant who is described in any such paragraph because of having been convicted of an aggravated felony described in subparagraph (A), (I), (K), or (L) of section 101(a)(43)) shall not preclude a finding that the applicant is of good moral character. In determining whether the applicant is of good moral character, the applicant’s service under honorable conditions shall be weighed against any finding that the applicant is described any such paragraph. .