H.R. 7057: Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-24 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act

Plain summary

Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an Office of the FBI Liaison in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which shall monitor and assist with Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) functions related to expeditiously processing naturalization applications filed by members and former members of the Armed Forces. Amends the the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that USCIS, within six months of receipt of a naturalization application filed by a member of the Armed Forces: (1) process and adjudicate the application; or (2) provide the applicant with an explanation for the inability to meet such deadline and an estimate of the adjudication date. Repeals the provisions of this Act five years after the date of enactment of this Act.

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Official text

Military Personnel Citizenship Processing Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-23] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr7057.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr7057 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110