[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 29, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
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[FR Doc No: 94-29541]
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[Federal Register: November 29, 1994]
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Part XII
The President
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Executive Order 12939--Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and
Noncitizen Nationals Who Served in an Active-Duty Status During the
Persian Gulf Conflict
Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 228
Tuesday, November 29, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
Executive Order 12939 of November 22, 1994
Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and Noncitizen
Nationals Who Served in an Active-Duty Status During
the Persian Gulf Conflict
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 1440 of title 8, United
States Code, and in order to provide expedited
naturalization for aliens and noncitizen nationals who
served in an active-duty status in the Armed Forces of
the United States during the period of the Persian Gulf
Conflict, it is hereby ordered as follows:
For the purpose of determining qualification for the
exception from the usual requirements for
naturalization, the period of Persian Gulf Conflict
military operations in which the Armed Forces of the
United States were engaged in armed conflict with a
hostile force commenced on August 2, 1990, and
terminated on April 11, 1991. Those persons serving
honorably in active-duty status in the Armed Forces of
the United States during this period are eligible for
naturalization in accordance with the statutory
exception to the naturalization requirements, as
provided in section 1440(b) of title 8, United States
Code.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 22, 1994.
[FR Doc. 94-29541
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