,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajdj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #d1     
#bjai,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself1 ,ms4 
,cortez ,masto1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,mr4      
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,merkley1
 and ,mrs4 ,gillibrand7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security to    
identify each alien who is serving1 or  
has served1 in the ,armed ,forces of the
 ,united ,states on the application of  
any such alien for an immigration       
benefit or the placement of any such    
alien in an immigration enforcement     
proceeding1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,immigrant ,veterans ,eligibility  
,tracking ,system ,act or the ,i-,,vets 
,act4  #b4 ,identifying aliens connected
 to the ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,in general 
,on the application by an alien for an  
immigration benefit or the placement of 

an alien in an immigration enforcement  
proceeding1 the ,secretary of ,homeland 
,security shall--  7#a7 determine       
whether the alien is serving1 or has    
served1 as a member of-- 7,a7 a regular 
or reserve component of the ,armed      
,forces of the ,united ,states on active
 duty2 or  7,b7 a reserve component of  
the ,armed ,forces in an active status2 
and  7#b7 with respect to the           
immigration and naturalization records  
of the ,department of ,homeland         
,security relating to an alien who is   
serving1 or has served1 as a member of  
the ,armed ,forces described in         
paragraph 7#a71 annotate such records-- 
7,a7 to reflect that membership2 and    
7,b7 to afford an opportunity to track  
the outcomes for each such alien4  7b7  
,prohibition on use of information for  
removal ,information gathered under     
subsection 7a7 may not be used for the  
purpose of removing an alien from the   
,united ,states4