,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fehj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bf1 #bjah,mr4 
,bacon introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,immigration and ,nationality ,act to  
provide for expedited naturalization    
processes for the alien spouses of first
 responders who die as a result of their
 employment1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,kerrie ,orozco ,first          
,responders ,family ,support ,act4  #b4 
,expedited naturalization for spouses of
 first responders ,section #cai of the  
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #adcj7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7f7 ,spouses of
 first responders  7#a7 ,in general ,any
 person not described in section        
#bab7;a77#i77;,b77ii7 who is the        
surviving spouse1 child1 or parent of a 
,united ,states citizen1 whose citizen  
spouse1 parent1 or child dies as a      

result of injury or disease incurred in 
or aggravated by employment as a first  
responder1 and who1 in the case of a    
surviving spouse1 was living in marital 
union with the citizen spouse at the    
time of his death1 may be naturalized   
upon compliance with all the            
requirements of this title except that  
no prior residence or specified physical
 presence within the ,united ,states    
shall be required4  7#b7 ,definition    
,for purposes of this subsection-- 7,a7 
the term first responder means ,federal1
 ,state1 and local governmental and     
nongovernmental emergency public safety1
 fire1 law enforcement1 emergency       
response1 and emergency medical         
7including hospital emergency           
facilities7 personnel2 and  7,b7 the    
terms ,united ,states citizen and       
citizen spouse include a person granted 
posthumous citizenship under section    
#cbi;,b4  4  #c4 ,posthumous citizenship
 through death while serving as a first 
responder  7a7 ,in general ,title ,,iii 

of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #adja et seq47 is    
amended by inserting after section      
#cbi;,a the following3  #cbi;,b4        
,posthumous citizenship through death   
while serving as a first responder  7a7 
,permitting granting of posthumous      
citizenship ,notwithstanding any other  
provision of this title1 the ,secretary 
of ,homeland ,security shall provide1 in
 accordance with this section1 for the  
granting of posthumous citizenship at   
the time of death to a person described 
in subsection 7b7 if the ,secretary of  
,homeland ,security approves an         
application for that posthumous         
citizenship under subsection 7c74  7b7  
,noncitizens eligible for posthumous    
citizenship ,a person referred to in    
subsection 7a7 is a person not described
 in section #bab7;a77#i77;,b77ii7 who1  
while an alien or a noncitizen national 
of the ,united ,states--  7#a7 was      
employed as a first responder 7as such  
term is defined in section #cai7;f772   

and  7#b7 died as a result of injury or 
disease incurred in or aggravated by    
that employment4  ,the chief officer of 
the entity that employed the person     
shall determine whether the person      
satisfied the requirements of paragraphs
 7#a7 and 7#b74  7c7 ,requests for      
posthumous citizenship  7#a7 ,in general
 ,a request for the granting of         
posthumous citizenship to a person      
described in subsection 7b7 may be filed
 on behalf of that person--  7,a7 upon  
locating the next-of-kin1 and if so     
requested by the next-of-kin1 by the    
,director of ,united ,states            
,citizenship and ,immigration ,services 
immediately upon the death of that      
person2 or  7,b7 by the next-of-kin4    
7#b7 ,approval ,the ,director of ,united
 ,states ,citizenship and ,immigration  
,services shall approve a request for   
posthumous citizenship filed by the     
next-of-kin in accordance with paragraph
 7#a77;,b7 if--  7,a7 the request is    
filed not later than #b years after--   

7i7 the date of enactment of this       
section2 or  7ii7 the date of the       
person's death2 whichever date is later2
 and  7,b7 the request is accompanied by
 a duly authenticated certificate from  
the chief officer of the entity that    
employed the person which states that   
the person satisfied the requirements of
 paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 of subsection 
7b74  7d7 ,documentation of posthumous  
citizenship ,if the ,director of the    
,bureau of ,citizenship and ,immigration
 ,services approves the request referred
 to in subsection 7c71 the ,director    
shall send to the next-of-kin of the    
person who is granted citizenship1 a    
suitable document which states that the 
,united ,states considers the person to 
have been a citizen of the ,united      
,states at the time of the person's     
death4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the 
table of contents for the ,immigration  
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     
#aaja et seq47 is amended by inserting  
after the item relating to section      

#cbi;,a the following3  #cbi;,b4        
,posthumous citizenship through death   
while serving as a first responder4  4