,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,kirk introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,immigration and  
,nationality ,act to deem any person who
 has received an award from the ,armed  
,forces of the ,united ,states for      
engagement in active combat or active   
participation in combat to have         
satisfied certain requirements for      
naturalization4  #a4 ,treatment of      
certain persons as having satisfied     
,english and civics1 good moral         
character1 and honorable service and    
discharge requirements for              
naturalization  7a7 ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act ,the ,immigration and 
,nationality ,act is amended by         
inserting after section #cbi;,a 7#h     
,u4,s4,c4 #addj-a7 the following new    
section3  #cbi;,b4 ,persons who have    
received an award for engagement in     

active combat or active participation in
 combat  7a7 ,in general ,for purposes  
of naturalization and continuing        
citizenship under the following         
provisions of law1 a person who has     
received an award described in          
subsection 7b7 shall be treated--  7#a7 
as having satisfied the requirements in 
sections #cab7;a71 #caf7;a77#c71 and    
subsections 7b77#c71 7c71 and 7e7 of    
section #cbh2 and  7#b7 under sections  
#cbh and #cbi1 as having served         
honorably in the ,armed ,forces for 7in 
the case of section #cbh7 a period or   
periods aggregating one year1 and1 if   
separated from such service1 as having  
been separated under honorable          
conditions4  7b7 ,application ,this     
section shall apply with respect to the 
following awards from the ,armed ,forces
 of the ,united ,states3  7#a7 ,the     
,combat ,infantryman ,badge from the    
,army4  7#b7 ,the ,combat ,medical      
,badge from the ,army4  7#c7 ,the       
,combat ,action ,badge from the ,army4  

7#d7 ,the ,combat ,action ,ribbon from  
the ,navy1 the ,marine ,corps1 or the   
,coast ,guard4  7#e7 ,the ,air ,force   
,combat ,action ,medal4  7#f7 ,any other
 award that the ,secretary of ,defense  
determines to be an equivalent award for
 engagement in active combat or active  
participation in combat4  4  7b7        
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents of such ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#aaja et seq47 is amended by inserting  
after the item relating to section      
#cbi;,a the following3  ,sec4 #cbi;,b4  
,persons who have received an award for 
engagement in active combat or active   
participation in combat4  4