I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2378 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for naturalization processes for the immediate relatives of public safety officers who die as a result of their employment, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 29, 2019 Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. PANETTA, and Mrs. DEMINGS) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for naturalization processes for the immediate relatives of public safety officers who die as a result of their employment, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kerrie Orozco First 4 Responders Family Support Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:41 May 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2378.IH H2378 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2378 IH SEC. 2. NATURALIZATION FOR IMMEDIATE RELATIVES OF 1 PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS. 2 Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 3 (8 U.S.C. 1430) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 4 lowing: 5 ‘‘(f) IMMEDIATE RELATIVES OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF- 6 FICERS.— 7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who is the sur- 8 viving spouse, child, or parent of a United States 9 citizen, whose citizen spouse, parent, or child dies as 10 a result of injury or disease incurred in or aggra- 11 vated by employment as a public safety officer, and 12 who, in the case of a surviving spouse, was living in 13 marital union with the citizen spouse at the time of 14 his death, may be naturalized upon compliance with 15 all the requirements of this title, except that no 16 prior residence or specified physical presence within 17 the United States shall be required. 18 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub- 19 section, the term ‘public safety officer’ has the 20 meaning given such term in section 1204 of the Om- 21 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 22 (34 U.S.C. 10284).’’. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:41 May 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2378.IH H2378 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS