Sec. 3. Posthumous citizenship through death while serving as a first responder
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Title III of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1401 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 329A the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide, in accordance with this section, for the granting of posthumous citizenship at the time of death to a person described in subsection
(b)if the Secretary of Homeland Security approves an application for that posthumous citizenship under subsection (c). A person referred to in subsection
(a)is a person who, while an alien or a noncitizen national of the United States— was employed as a first responder (as such term is defined in section 319(f)); and died as a result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by that employment. The chief officer of the entity that employed the person shall determine whether the person satisfied the requirements of paragraphs
(1)and (2). A request for the granting of posthumous citizenship to a person described in subsection
(b)may be filed on behalf of that person— upon locating the next-of-kin, and if so requested by the next-of-kin, by the Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services immediately upon the death of that person; or by the next-of-kin. The Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall approve a request for posthumous citizenship filed by the next-of-kin in accordance with paragraph (1)(B) if— the request is filed not later than 2 years after— the date of enactment of this section; or the date of the person's death; whichever date is later; and the request is accompanied by a duly authenticated certificate from the chief officer of the entity that employed the person which states that the person satisfied the requirements of paragraphs
(1)and
(2)of subsection (b). If the Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services approves the request referred to in subsection (c), the Director shall send to the next-of-kin of the person who is granted citizenship, a suitable document which states that the United States considers the person to have been a citizen of the United States at the time of the person's death. .
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Posthumous citizenship through death while serving as a first responder
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