Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act

Bill: 116-hr-2378
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2019-04-29
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization

Family relationships

First responders and emergency personnel

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes that a surviving spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen public safety officer may be naturalized at the time of the officer's death if the death was caused by an injury incurred or aggravated by the officer's employment. The individual may be naturalized upon compliance with the relevant immigration law requirements, except that no prior residence or specified U.S. physical presence shall be required. A surviving spouse seeking naturalization must have been living in marital union with the officer at the time of death.</p> <p>Public safety officers include law enforcement officers, firefighters, or chaplains, and certain Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees engaged in hazardous duties. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2378 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2019 Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Fortenberry , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Panetta , and Mrs. Demings ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for naturalization processes for the immediate relatives of public safety officers who die as a result of their employment, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act . 2. Naturalization for immediate relatives of public safety officers Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1430 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Immediate relatives of public safety officers (1) In general Any person who is the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a United States citizen, whose citizen spouse, parent, or child dies as a result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by employment as a public safety officer, and who, in the case of a surviving spouse, was living in marital union with the citizen spouse at the time of his death, may be naturalized upon compliance with all the requirements of this title, except that no prior residence or specified physical presence within the United States shall be required. (2) Definition For purposes of this subsection, the term public safety officer has the meaning given such term in section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10284 ). .