,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adgj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #i1 #bjag,mr4 
,gallego introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,immigration and ,nationality ,act to  
limit the grounds of deportability for  
certain alien members of the ,united    
,states ,armed ,forces1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,restoring ,respect 
for ,immigrant ,service in ,uniform     
,act4  #b4 ,readmission of deported     
veterans  7a7 ,in general ,it is the    
sense of ,congress that the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security should exercise  
the ,secretary's discretion1 including  
under subsections 7a77#i77;,a77iii71    
7a77#i77;,b77v71 7d77#c77;,a71 and      
7d77#e77;,a7 of section #bab of the     
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7 in order to admit to   
the ,united ,states an alien who is     
inadmissible under such section #bab1   

was previously subject to an order of   
removal or has been removed1 is outside 
of the ,united ,states1 and is seeking  
admission to the ,united ,states1 if the
 alien-- 7#a7 has been a member of the  
,united ,states ,armed ,forces for a    
period of not less #ahj days1 and has   
not received a discharge other than an  
honorable discharge2  7#b7 has not been 
convicted of-- 7,a7 a felony2  7,b7 a   
significant misdemeanor2 or  7,c7 #c or 
more misdemeanors that are not          
significant misdemeanors1 each of which 
occurred on a different date1 and arose 
out of separate conduct2 and  7#c7 is   
not otherwise a threat to national      
security or public safety4  7b7         
,significant misdemeanor defined ,in    
this section1 the term significant      
misdemeanor means a misdemeanor-- 7#a7  
which is a crime of domestic violence   
7as such term is defined in section     
#bcg7;a77#b77;,e77i7 of the ,immigration
 and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4    
#abbg7;a77#b77;,e77i7772  7#b7 which is 

a sexual assault 7as such term is       
defined in section #djjjb7;a7 of the    
,violent ,crime ,control and ,law       
,enforcement ,act of #aiid 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acibe7;a7772  7#c7 which     
involved the unlawful possession of a   
firearm 7as such term is defined in     
section #iba of title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code72 or  7#d7 for which the  
alien was sentenced to a term of        
imprisonment of longer than #ij days4   
#c4 ,limiting grounds of deportability  
for servicemembers and veterans ,section
 #bcg of the ,immigration and           
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abbg7  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7e7 ,alien members of the   
,united ,states ,armed ,forces ,the     
provisions of this section shall not    
apply to an alien who has been a member 
of the ,united ,states ,armed ,forces   
for a period of not less than #ahj days1
 and who has not received a discharge   
other than an honorable discharge1      
except in the case of an alien who--    

7#a7 has been convicted of-- 7,a7 a     
felony2  7,b7 a significant misdemeanor 
7as such term is defined in section #b  
of the ,restoring ,respect for          
,immigrant ,service in ,uniform ,act72  
or  7,c7 #c or more misdemeanors that   
are not significant misdemeanors1 each  
of which occurred on a different date1  
and arose out of separate conduct2 and  
7#b7 is otherwise a threat to national  
security or public safety4  4