Ask me what this bill is really trying to do.
This is not an official government website.
Copyright © 2026 PLEJ LC. All rights reserved.
Strikes section 328 (8 U.S.C. 1439) from Chapter 2 of title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act, removing the existing statutory provision governing naturalization through service in the armed forces under that section.
Makes targeted textual amendments to section 329 (8 U.S.C. 1440): revises the section heading; in subsection (a) modifies the introductory matter and (in paragraph (1)) strikes the phrase referring to "America Samoa, or Swains Island" and replaces gendered pronouns ("he") with "such person"; in paragraph (2) replaces language concerning active-duty status and honorable separation with a cross-reference to subsection (b)(3); and in subsection (b) replaces pronouns and revises paragraph (3) by striking language beginning "in an active-duty status" and inserting "foreign force, and".
Amends the table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality Act by striking the items relating to sections 328 and 329 and inserting replacement items (replacement text not provided in the section).
Adds a new paragraph (D) to subsection (b)(1) to permit enlistment by a person who possesses an employment authorization document issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Department of Homeland Security policy 'Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals'; also makes clerical amendments to the section heading and the table of sections.
Allows people who hold a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) employment authorization document to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces and makes editorial changes to the immigration rules governing military naturalization. It updates Title 10 and the Immigration and Nationality Act to reflect those eligibility and wording changes but does not specify funding or an effective date in the text provided.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced July 29, 2025 by Ruben Gallego · Last progress July 29, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate