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House Bill 3371
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Ensuring Security for Military Spouses Act
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Introduced in House on May 13, 2025
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H. R. 3371 (Introduced-in-House)


119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3371


To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the 3-month State residency requirement for applicants for naturalized citizenship do not apply with respect to spouses of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 13, 2025

Ms. Strickland (for herself and Ms. Salazar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary


A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that the 3-month State residency requirement for applicants for naturalized citizenship do not apply with respect to spouses of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States, 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 “Ensuring Security for Military Spouses Act”.

SEC. 2. No State residency requirement for spouses of members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States.

Section 319 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(f) In the case of a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States who is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty at a location in the United States, the requirement under subsection (a) of this section and under section 316(a) that a person have resided within the State or the Service district in the United States in which the applicant filed his application for at least three months shall not apply.”.