Summary

Creates a mandatory parole path for certain family members of U.S. service members and some related individuals, requiring the Department of Homeland Security to admit qualifying spouses, widows/widowers, parents, and children in one-year parole increments. Parole denials for these family members are permitted only when the Secretaries of Homeland Security, Defense, and Veterans Affairs jointly provide a written justification, and that joint decision cannot be delegated.

• Requires DHS to parole in one-year increments certain spouses, widows/widowers, parents, and children of qualifying service members.
• Covers family members of active-duty Armed Forces members and Selected Reserve members; a third qualifying category is partially unspecified in the supplied text.
• Parole is temporary and must be renewed yearly; it does not automatically create lawful permanent residency or citizenship.
• Denials are tightly constrained: DHS, DOD, and VA must jointly issue a written justification to deny parole.
• The joint denial authority cannot be delegated by the three Secretaries, limiting lower-level agency discretion.
• Imposes a mandatory admissions pathway that reduces usual DHS discretion in parole decisions for these family members.
• Does not appear to appropriate funds or create explicit new spending in the provided text.