United States · Bill · S
S. 1970 (102nd)
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1991
Introduced
14 November 1991
Last action
22 January 1992 · Referred
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN], Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ], Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large]
Subjects
Defence, Immigration
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1991 - Applies the naturalization through armed forces service provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to an alien who served in a special guerilla unit in Laos during the period February 28, 1961 to September 18, 1978. Waives the English language naturalization requirement for such an alien (or widow or spouse).
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Timeline
14 November 1991
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
14 November 1991
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
22 January 1992
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · undated · Official file
Documents
2 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 14 November 1991
Sponsors
- Sen. Durenberger, Dave [R-MN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sanford, Terry [D-NC] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Hmong Veterans' Naturalization Act of 1991
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/senate-bill/1970
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/102/s/1970
- us · 102-s-1970 · source updated 10 August 2026