Posthumous Citizenship for Binghamton Victims Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Apr 28, 2009)
Posthumous Citizenship for Binghamton Victims Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide for the granting of citizenship as of April 2, 2009, to an individual otherwise eligible for naturalization who: (1) was, as of April 2, 2009, an alien or U.S. national; (2) died as a result of an injury incurred during the April 3, 2009, shooting at the American Civic Association Community Center in Binghamton, New York; and (3) was not culpable for an act that was a cause of an injury during such shooting.
Prohibits the granting of derivative immigration benefits to surviving relatives of an individual granted posthumous citizenship under this Act.
What just happenedApr 28, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
- Apr 28, 2009IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Apr 28, 2009IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate