,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dce  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bi1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,coffman introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on the       
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to authorize the         
enlistment in the ,armed ,forces of     
additional persons who are residing in  
the ,united ,states and to lawfully     
admit for permanent residence certain   
enlistees who are not citizens or other 
nationals of the ,united ,states4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,military ,enlistment ,opportunity  
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,qualifications for 
enlistment in the ,armed ,forces  7a7   
,additional qualified persons ,paragraph

 7#a7 of subsection 7b7 of section #ejd 
of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
subparagraph 7,c7 as subparagraph 7,e72 
and  7#b7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,b7 the following new     
subparagraphs3  7,c7 ,a person who1 at  
the time of enlistment in an armed      
force1 has resided continuously in a    
lawful status in the ,united ,states for
 at least two years4  7,d7 ,a person    
who1 at the time of enlistment in an    
armed force1 possesses an employment    
authorization document issued by ,united
 ,states ,citizenship and ,immigration  
,services under the requirements of the 
,department of ,homeland ,security      
policy entitled ,deferred ,action for   
,childhood ,arrivals 7,,daca74  4  7b7  
,admission to ,permanent ,residence of  
,certain ,enlistees ,such section is    
further amended by adding at the end the
 following new subsection3  7c7         
,admission to permanent residence of    
certain enlistees  7#a7 ,a person       

described in subsection 7b7 who1 at the 
time of enlistment in an armed force1 is
 not a citizen or other national of the 
,united ,states or lawfully admitted for
 permanent residence shall be adjusted  
to the status of an alien lawfully      
admitted for permanent residence under  
the provisions of section #bdi of the   
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #abei71 except that the alien 
need not--  7,a7 establish that he or   
she entered the ,united ,states prior to
 ,january #a1 #aigb2 and  7,b7 comply   
with section #bab7;e7 of such ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;e774  7#b7 ,the        
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
rescind the lawful permanent resident   
status of a person whose status was     
adjusted under paragraph 7#a7 if the    
person is separated from the armed      
forces under other than honorable       
conditions before the person served for 
a period or periods aggregating five    
years4 ,such grounds for rescission are 
in addition to any other provided by    

law4 ,the fact that the person was      
separated from the armed forces under   
other than honorable conditions shall be
 proved by a duly authenticated         
certification from the armed force in   
which the person last served4 ,the      
service of the person in the armed      
forces shall be proved by duly          
authenticated copies of the service     
records of the person4  7#c7 ,nothing in
 this subsection shall be construed to  
alter the process prescribed by sections
 #cbh1 #cbi1 and #cbi;,a of the         
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #adci1 #addj1 #addj-a7 by     
which a person may naturalize through   
service in the armed forces4  4  7c7    
,clerical amendments  7#a7 ,section     
heading ,the heading of such section is 
amended to read as follows3  #ejd4      
,persons not qualified2 citizenship or  
residency requirements2 exceptions  4   
7#b7 ,table of sections ,the table of   
sections at the beginning of chapter #ca
 of such title is amended by striking   

the item relating to section #ejd and   
inserting the following new item3  #ejd4
 ,persons not qualified2 citizenship or 
residency requirements2 exceptions4  4