# 119-hr-6118: Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act

119-hr-6118, Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6118
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6118
- Congress: 119
- Title: Support and Defend Our Military Personnel and Their Families Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Easier routes to U.S. citizenship and permanent residence for military members and their immediate families.** This bill would expand who can naturalize based on military service, change timing rules for a military naturalization pathway, create visa eligibility for nuclear family members, and allow certain relatives to adjust to lawful permanent resident status while in the United States. - Service members who served honorably in support of a contingency operation and who were separated under honorable conditions would be treated as though they served during a President-designated period for naturalization under INA section 329. - The bill would change INA section 328 by replacing statutory six-month periods with one-year periods in subsections (a) and (d), altering the timeline used for that specific military naturalization pathway. - Parents, spouses, children, sons, daughters, and minor siblings of eligible service members would become eligible for immigrant visas under INA section 203(a)(2). Those relatives could also seek adjustment to permanent residence under a new INA section 245(o) if they are physically present when filing, are admissible with specified exceptions, have an immigrant visa immediately available at filing, and pay a processing fee set by the Secretary. The bill also provides a two-year posthumous eligibility window for relatives after a service-related death.

## Provisions PRIA read

- More green card paths for military families: benefit, high. If enacted, some immediate family members of eligible service members could apply for a green card from inside the U.S. You would need to be in the U.S. when you file, have a visa available, and be admissible; public charge, entry without inspection, lack of documents, and certain unlawful presence…
- Stronger deportation safeguards for veterans: benefit, medium. If enacted, DHS could not issue a deportation notice to a noncitizen who served honorably without the Secretary’s approval. Before acting, the Secretary would have to review citizenship eligibility, service record, grounds for removal, and hardship to the Armed Forces, you, and your family. Certain…
- Mixed changes to citizenship for service members: mixed, medium. If enacted, noncitizen troops who served honorably in a contingency operation could apply for citizenship under wartime rules. At the same time, the bill would raise the peacetime service time for naturalization from six months to one year. You would still need honorable service and, if separated,…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-1923: Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6118 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6118)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-1923: Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1923)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6118 (as of 2026-04-21).