[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 228 (Tuesday, 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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