Cite as "AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 94112290 (posted Nov. 22, 1994)"
For Immediate Release
November 22, 1994
The White House
Office of Press Secretary
Executive Order
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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.
William J. Clinton
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 22, 1994
