,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cceb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bj1 #bjag,mr4 
,takano 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 and 
,ms4 ,castor of ,florida7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,immigration and  
,nationality ,act to provide that an    
applicant for citizenship who served    
honorably in the ,armed ,forces of the  
,united ,states is not automatically    
barred from becoming a citizen of the   
,united ,states for having committed    
certain crimes1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,second ,chance for ,service    
,act4  #b4 ,establishing good moral     
character of applicants for citizenship 
who served honorably in the ,armed      
,forces of the ,united ,states ,section 
#cbh7;e7 of the ,immigration and        
,nationality ,act is amended by adding  
at the end the following3               
,notwithstanding section #aja7;f71 a    

finding that an applicant under this    
section is described in any of          
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#i7 of section 
#aja7;f7 7except in the case of an      
applicant who is described in any such  
paragraph because of having been        
convicted of an aggravated felony       
described in subparagraph 7,a71 7,i71   
7,k71 or 7,l7 of section #aja7;a77#dc77 
shall not preclude a finding that the   
applicant is of good moral character4   
,in determining whether the applicant is
 of good moral character1 the           
applicant's service under honorable     
conditions shall be weighed against any 
finding that the applicant is described 
any such paragraph44