H.R. 6355

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6355 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6355

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 hostilities, and for 
other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 2, 2025

Mr. Cisneros (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Ms. Chu, and Mr. Scott of 
Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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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 hostilities, and for 
other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar 
Posthumous Citizenship Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. GRANTING OF POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIP TO OTHERWISE QUALIFIED 
NONCITIZENS WHO ENLISTED IN THE PHILIPPINES.

(a) In General.--Section 329A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1440-1(b)) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Noncitizens Eligible for Posthumous Citizenship.--
``(1) In general.--A person referred to in subsection (a) 
is a person who, while an alien or a noncitizen national of the 
United States--
``(A) served honorably in an active-duty status in 
the military, air, or naval forces of the United States 
during any period described in the first sentence of 
section 329(a);
``(B) died as a result of injury or disease 
incurred in or aggravated by that service; and
``(C) either--
``(i) satisfied the requirements of clause 
(1) or (2) of the first sentence of section 
329(a); or
``(ii) enlisted, reenlisted, extended 
enlistment, or was inducted in the Philippines 
and died during the period beginning September 
1, 1939, and ending December 31, 1946.
``(2) Determination of satisfaction of requirements.--The 
executive department under which a person described in 
paragraph (1) served shall determine whether the person 
satisfied the requirements of subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(C)(ii) of paragraph (1).
``(3) Posthumous benefits.--In the case of a person to 
which paragraph (1)(C)(ii) applies--
``(A) section 319(d) shall not apply; and
``(B) section 1703 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-
136; 117 Stat. 1693; 8 U.S.C. 1151 note) shall not 
apply.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 329A(c)(2) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440-1(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ``(or, in the case 
of an individual to which clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(C) 
applies, the date of the enactment of such clause (ii))'' after 
``the date of enactment of this section'';
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following new subparagraph:
``(B) 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--
``(i) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
subsection (b)(1); and
``(ii) if applicable, subparagraph (C)(ii) 
of subsection (b)(1); and''; and
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``of subsection 
(b)(3)'' and inserting ``of subsection (b)(1)(C)(i)''.
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