,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ibh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,vargas 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,takano1 ,mr4 ,vela1 and ,ms4 ,gabbard7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security to    
identify aliens who have served1 or are 
serving1 in the ,armed ,forces of the   
,united ,states when those aliens apply 
for an immigration benefit or are placed
 in an immigration enforcement          
proceeding1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,immigrant ,veterans ,eligibility  
,tracking ,system 7,i-,,vets7 ,act4  #b4
 ,identifying aliens connected to the   
,armed ,forces ,the ,secretary of       
,homeland ,security shall--  7#a7       
identify aliens1 when those aliens apply
 for an immigration benefit or are      
placed in an immigration enforcement    
proceeding1 who are serving1 or have    

served1 as a member of a regular or     
reserve component of the ,armed ,forces 
of the ,united ,states on active duty or
 as a member of a reserve component of  
the ,armed ,forces in an active status2 
and  7#b7 annotate all immigration and  
naturalization records of the           
,department of ,homeland ,security      
relating to an alien identified pursuant
 to paragraph 7#a7 so as to reflect that
 identification and afford an           
opportunity to track the outcomes for   
such aliens4