[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 3, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 3CFR13269]

EO 13269

Executive Order 13269 of July 3, 2002

Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and Noncitizen Nationals Serving in an 
Active-Duty Status During the War on Terrorism

          By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution 
          and the laws of the United States of America, including 
          section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
          1440) (the ``Act''), and solely in order to provide expedited 
          naturalization for aliens and noncitizen nationals serving in 
          an active-duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States 
          during the period of the war against terrorists of global 
          reach, it is hereby ordered as follows:
          For the purpose of determining qualification for the exception 
          from the usual requirements for naturalization, I designate as 
          a period in which the Armed Forces of the United States were 
          engaged in armed conflict with a hostile foreign force the 
          period beginning on September 11, 2001. Such period will be 
          deemed to terminate on a date designated by future Executive 
          Order. Those persons serving honorably in active-duty status 
          in the Armed Forces of the United States, during the period 
          beginning on September 11, 2001, and terminating on the date 
          to be so designated, are eligible for naturalization in 
          accordance with the statutory exception to the naturalization 
          requirements, as provided in section 329 of the Act. Nothing 
          contained in this order is intended to affect, nor does it 
          affect, any other power, right, or obligation of the United 
          States, its agencies, officers, employees, or any other person 
          under Federal law or the law of nations.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

 July 3, 2002.