H.R. 60: ENLIST Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-01-03 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-01-03 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

ENLIST Act

Plain summary

Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training Act or the ENLIST Act This bill authorizes the enlistment in the Armed Forces of aliens unlawfully present in the United States on December 31, 2012, who: (1) have been continuously present in the United States since such date; (2) were younger than 15 years of age when they initially entered the United States; and (3) are otherwise eligible for original enlistment in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard. The Department of Homeland Security shall adjust the status of an alien enlisted under such authority to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act applicable to aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972. The bill rescinds such lawful permanent resident status if the alien is separated from the Armed Forces under other than honorable conditions before serving the term of enlistment.

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Official text

ENLIST Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10] · 228 cosponsors

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Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Adam Smith (D-WA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT), Jim Costa (D-CA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ami Bera (D-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), J. Luis Correa (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS), Norma J. Torres (D-CA) and 168 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr60.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr60 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115