,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #debf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ac1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,booker introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,immigration and ,nationality ,act to   
limit the grounds of deportability for  
certain relatives of members of the     
,armed ,forces and veterans1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,immigrant ,gold ,star and ,military    
,families ,act4  #b4 ,limiting grounds  
of deportability for relatives of       
members of the ,armed ,forces and       
veterans ,section #bcg of the           
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #abbg7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7e7 ,alien     
relatives of members of the ,armed      
,forces and veterans  7#a7 ,in general  
,the provisions of this section shall   
not apply to an alien who-- 7,a7 is--   

7i7 the spouse1 widow or widower1       
parent1 son or daughter1 or sibling of--
 7,i7 a member of the ,armed ,forces of 
the ,united ,states2 or  7,,ii7 a       
veteran 7as that term is defined in     
section #aja of title #ch1 ,united      
,states ,code72 or  7ii7 eligible for   
the ,gold ,star lapel button under      
section #aabf of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code2 and  7,b7 has not been   
convicted of-- 7i7 a felony2  7ii7 a    
significant misdemeanor2 or  7iii7 three
 or more misdemeanors that are not      
significant misdemeanors1 each of which 
occurred on a different date1 and arose 
out of separate conduct2 and  7,c7 is   
not otherwise a threat to national      
security or public safety4  7#b7        
,significant misdemeanor defined ,in    
this subsection1 the term significant   
misdemeanor means a misdemeanor-- 7,a7  
which is a crime of domestic violence   
7as such term is defined in section     
#bcg7;a77#b77;,e77i7 of the ,immigration
 and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4    

#abbg7;a77#b77;,e77i7772  7,b7 which is 
a sexual assault 7as such term is       
defined in section #djjjb7;a7 of the    
,violent ,crime ,control and ,law       
,enforcement ,act of #aiid 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acibe7;a7772  7,c7 which     
involved the unlawful possession of a   
firearm 7as such term is defined in     
section #iba of title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code72 or  7,d7 for which the  
alien was sentenced to a term of        
imprisonment of longer than #ij days4  4