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: 115-hres-426
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-06-29
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Foreign labor

Immigration status and procedures

Military personnel and dependents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Defense 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 established by the Department of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012.</p>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 426 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 29, 2017 Mr. Foster (for himself, Mr. Polis , Mr. Vargas , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Pocan , Mr. DeFazio , Mr. Jeffries , Mr. Lipinski , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Correa , Ms. Lee , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. Takano , Ms. Clarke of New York , Mr. Payne , Mr. Norcross , Mrs. Torres , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Mr. Peters , Mr. Gallego , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Panetta , and Ms. Titus ) 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.