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H.R. 3563: Veterans' Pathway to Citizenship Act of 2017

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H.R. 3563: Veterans' Pathway to Citizenship Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-28 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Veterans' Pathway to Citizenship Act of 2017

Plain summary

Veterans' Pathway to Citizenship Act of 2017 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that a current or former member of the Armed Forces who would be eligible for naturalization but is not because of failure to complete a specified period of residence or physical presence within the United States or failure to maintain lawful permanent resident status shall be deemed to be a lawful permanent resident and to have fulfilled any residency and physical presence requirements solely for naturalization purposes. With respect to any such individual seeking naturalization: (1) a prior removal may be not taken into account for purposes of any immigration benefit or in determining deportability or inadmissibility, and (2) an offense for which a pardon was received may not be taken into account for naturalization purposes unless the offense was the same offense that caused the individual's separation from the Armed Forces in any manner other than honorable. A military recruiter or officer overseeing an enlistment shall inform every recruit of, and the Department of Homeland Security shall provide every separating member of the Armed Forces with notice of, naturalization options and available naturalization assistance services. In the case of a current or former member of the Armed Forces who would be eligible for naturalization but is not because of failure to timely file an application for naturalization, a subsequently filed naturalization application shall be reviewed as if it were timely filed. This provision is repealed one year after the date of enactment of the bill.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Veterans' Pathway to Citizenship Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] · 9 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Al Green (D-TX), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mark Takano (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] reported raising $1.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr3563 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115