H.R. 3159: Kerrie Orozco Act
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H.R. 3159: Kerrie Orozco Act
114th Congress · introduced 2015-07-22 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-07-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Kerrie Orozco Act
Plain summary
Kerrie Orozco Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare that the following persons may be naturalized upon compliance with all naturalization requirements, except that no prior residence or specified physical presence within the United States shall be required: a person who is the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen who died as a result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by employment as a first responder; and in the case of such a surviving spouse, the person was living in marital union with the citizen spouse at the time of the citizen spouse's death. The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for the granting of posthumous citizenship at the time of death to a person who, while an alien or a noncitizen national of the United States, died as a result of injury or disease incurred or aggravated while serving as a first responder.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Ashford, Brad [D-NE-2] · 8 cosponsors
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Betty McCollum (D-MN), Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr3159.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr3159 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114