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108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3480
To require the construction at Arlington National Cemetery of a
memorial to noncitizens killed in the line of duty while serving in the
Armed Forces of the United States of America.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 7, 2003
Mr. Cunningham (for himself and Ms. Harman) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
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A BILL
To require the construction at Arlington National Cemetery of a
memorial to noncitizens killed in the line of duty while serving in the
Armed Forces of the United States of America.
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 ``Memorial to Noncitizen Patriots
Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
(a) The Congress finds the following:
(1) There is a long history of noncitizens serving in the
Armed Forces of the United States of America.
(2) Noncitizens have been engaged in American battles since
the Colonial period, both as volunteers and conscripts.
(3) George Washington, a British subject, led our American
Revolution and the Marquis de Lafayette, a citizen of France,
and hundreds of other noncitizens helped win our independence.
(4) In the War of 1812, some Irish nationals helped the
United States fight British invaders.
(5) Thousands of noncitizens fought for the Union Army in
the Civil War.
(6) Roughly one in five wartime draftees during World War I
was foreign-born, and approximately 9 percent were noncitizens.
(7) According to one recent study, more than 20 percent of
the 3,400 members of the Armed Forces who have been awarded the
Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest military honor, were
immigrants, though the precise number of noncitizens who
received this award is not known.
(8) Today, 36,177 members of the Armed Forces are
noncitizens, making up about 5 percent of active duty members,
and 12,132 members of the Selected Reserve are noncitizens.
(9) About a third of today's noncitizen members of the
Armed Forces come from Mexico and other Spanish-speaking
countries and the rest are from the Philippines, China,
Vietnam, Canada, Korea, India, and other countries.
(10) These men and women in uniform, born in other
countries, now spend each day in honorable service to their
adopted land.
(11) These men and women love the United States and show it
in their daily devotion to duty.
(12) The role of noncitizen members of the Armed Forces
recently received widespread attention when a noncitizen from
Guatemala became the second American member of the Armed Forces
to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(13) Noncitizen members of the Armed Forces from Mexico,
Colombia, the Republic of the Philippines, Scotland, Guyana,
the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Poland have
also given their lives in the line of duty in Iraq.
(14) The sacrifice that these and other noncitizens have
made for their adopted country deserves special recognition and
appreciation.
(15) Among the special recognitions a grateful nation can
confer is establishment of a memorial to those noncitizens
killed in the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces of
the United States.
SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORIAL TO NONCITIZENS KILLED IN THE LINE OF
DUTY WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) Construction Required.--The Secretary of the Army shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, construct at an
appropriate place in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, a memorial
marker honoring the service and sacrifice of noncitizens killed in the
line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States.
(b) Availability of Funds.--There is authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary of the Army $500,000 for the design and construction
of the memorial marker required by subsection (a).
SEC. 4. DONATIONS FOR MEMORIAL TO NONCITIZENS KILLED IN THE LINE OF
DUTY WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) Authority to Accept Donations.--The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs may accept gifts and donations of services, money, and property
(including personal, tangible, or intangible property) for the purpose
of constructing an appropriate memorial or monument to noncitizens
killed in the line of duty while serving in the Armed Forces of the
United States, whether such memorial or monument is constructed by the
Secretary or is the memorial marker required by section 3.
(b) Transfer.--(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer
to the Secretary of the Army any services, money, or property accepted
by the Secretary under subsection (a) for the purpose of the
construction of the memorial marker required by section 3.
(2) Any moneys transferred to the Secretary of the Army under
paragraph (1) shall be merged with amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization provided in section 3(b), and shall be available for the
purpose referred to in that section.
(c) Expiration of Authority.--The authority of the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to accept gifts and donations under subsection (a)
shall expire five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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