,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #b1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,cisneros 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,sessions1 ,ms4 ,chu1 and ,mr4 ,scott of
 ,virginia7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,immigration and          
,nationality ,act to extend honorary    
citizenship to otherwise qualified      
noncitizens who enlisted in the         
,philippines and died while serving on  
active duty with the ,united ,states    
,armed ,forces during certain periods of
 hostilities1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,corporal ,fernando ,ruiz       
,baltazar ,posthumous ,citizenship ,act 
of #bjbe4  #b4 ,granting of posthumous  
citizenship to otherwise qualified      
noncitizens who enlisted in the         
,philippines  7a7 ,in ,general ,section 
#cbi;,a7b7 of the ,immigration and      
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         

#addj-a7;b77 is amended to read as      
follows3  7b7 ,noncitizens eligible for 
posthumous citizenship  7#a7 ,in general
 ,a person referred to in subsection 7a7
 is a person who1 while an alien or a   
noncitizen national of the ,united      
,states-- 7,a7 served honorably in an   
active-duty status in the military1 air1
 or naval forces of the ,united ,states 
during any period described in the first
 sentence of section #cbi7;a72  7,b7    
died as a result of injury or disease   
incurred in or aggravated by that       
service2 and  7,c7 either--  7i7        
satisfied the requirements of clause    
7#a7 or 7#b7 of the first sentence of   
section #cbi7;a72 or  7ii7 enlisted1    
reenlisted1 extended enlistment1 or was 
inducted in the ,philippines and died   
during the period beginning ,september  
#a1 #aici1 and ending ,december #ca1    
#aidf4  7#b7 ,determination of          
satisfaction of requirements ,the       
executive department under which a      
person described in paragraph 7#a7      

served shall determine whether the      
person satisfied the requirements of    
subparagraphs 7,a71 7,b71 and 7,c77ii7  
of paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,posthumous    
benefits ,in the case of a person to    
which paragraph 7#a77;,c77ii7 applies-- 
7,a7 section #cai7;d7 shall not apply2  
and  7,b7 section #agjc of the ,national
 ,defense ,authorization ,act for       
,fiscal ,year #bjjd 7,public ,law       
#ajh-acf2 #aag ,stat4 #afic2 #h         
,u4,s4,c4 #aaea note7 shall not apply4  
4  7b7 ,conforming ,amendments ,section 
#cbi;,a7c77#b7 of the ,immigration and  
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#addj-a7;c77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
subparagraph 7,a77i71 by inserting 7or1 
in the case of an individual to which   
clause 7ii7 of subsection 7b77#a77;,c7  
applies1 the date of the enactment of   
such clause 7ii77 after the date of     
enactment of this section2  7#b7 by     
striking subparagraph 7,b7 and inserting
 the following new subparagraph3  7,b7  
the request is accompanied by a duly    

authenticated certificate from the      
executive department under which the    
person served which states that the     
person satisfied the requirements of--  
7i7 subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 of      
subsection 7b77#a72 and  7ii7 if        
applicable1 subparagraph 7,c77ii7 of    
subsection 7b77#a72 and  2 and  7#c7 in 
subparagraph 7,c71 by striking of       
subsection 7b77#c7 and inserting of     
subsection 7b77#a77;,c77i74