Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and Noncitizen Nationals Who Served in an Active-Duty Status During the Persian Gulf Conflict
Signed November 22, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 61231
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Establishes, under section 1440 of title 8 of the United States Code, the official dates of the Persian Gulf Conflict for purposes of expedited military naturalization, setting the period as beginning August 2, 1990, and ending April 11, 1991. Declares that noncitizens, including aliens and noncitizen nationals, who served honorably in active-duty status in the U.S. Armed Forces during that period qualify for the naturalization exception under section 1440(b), which allows for streamlined citizenship eligibility based on wartime military service.
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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
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Disposition
Revokes: EO 12735, November 16, 1990; EO 12930, September 29, 1994; Amended by: EO 13094, July 28, 1998; EO 13128, June 25, 1999; EO 13382, June 28, 2005; See: Notice of November 8, 1995; Notice of November 12, 1996; Notice of November 12, 1997; Notice of November 12, 1998; Notice of November 10, 1999; Notice of November 9, 2000; EO 13159, June 21, 2000; EO 13206, April 4, 2001; Notice of November 9, 2001; Notice of November 6, 2002; Notice of October 29, 2003; Notice of November 4, 2004; Notice of October 25, 2005; Notice of October 27, 2006; Notice of November 8, 2007; Notice of November 10, 2008; Notice of November 6, 2009
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The order, in full
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.
(Presidential Sig.)>
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 22, 1994.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed November 22, 1994. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.