,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cajc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjag,mr4 
,veasey 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4
 ,gutirrez1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1   
,mr4 ,correa1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4  
,raskin1 ,mr4 ,al ,green of ,texas1 ,mr4
 ,vela1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 and ,mrs4      
,demings7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,armed ,services1 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     
direct the ,secretary of ,defense and   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security to
 jointly conduct a study and submit a   
report on deported veterans4  #a4 ,study
 and report on deported veterans  7a7   
,study required ,by not later than one  
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense   

and the ,secretary of ,homeland         
,security shall jointly carry out a     
study on aliens-- 7#a7 who are or were  
veterans2 and  7#b7 who were removed    
from the ,united ,states during the     
period beginning on ,january #a1 #aiij1 
and ending on ,january #a1 #bjag4  7b7  
,report ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the completion of the study 
required under subsection 7a71 the      
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security shall 
jointly submit to the ,committees on    
,armed ,services and the ,committees on 
the ,judiciary of the ,senate and ,house
 of ,representatives a report on the    
study4 ,such report shall include each  
of the following3  7#a7 ,the number of  
aliens removed by ,immigration and      
,customs ,enforcement during the period 
covered by the report who served on     
active duty in the ,united ,states      
,armed ,forces or in a reserve component
 of the ,united ,states ,armed ,forces  
for a period of more than #ahj days4    

7#b7 ,the country of origin for each    
alien described in paragraph 7#a74  7#c7
 ,the number of aliens described in     
paragraph 7#a7 who were discharged or   
released from service in the ,armed     
,forces under honorable conditions4     
7#d7 ,the grounds for removal under     
section #bcg7;a7 of the ,immigration and
 ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #abbg7 
or section #bab7;a7 of the ,immigration 
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#aahb71 as applicable1 for each alien   
described in paragraph 7#a7 during the  
period covered by the report4  7#e7 ,for
 each removed alien described in        
paragraph 7#a71 whether the alien       
appealed the removal order4  7#f7 ,for  
each such removed alien1 the length of  
time the alien served as a member of the
 ,armed ,forces4  7#g7 ,the number of   
such removed aliens who were deployed   
overseas as members of the ,armed       
,forces4  7#h7 ,the number of such      
removed aliens who served on active duty
 in a combat theater of operations as   

members of the ,armed ,forces4  7#i7    
,the number of such removed aliens who  
were awarded service medals on the basis
 of service in the ,armed ,forces4