HR 6355 · 119th Congress

Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar Posthumous Citizenship Act of 2025

This bill grants U.S. citizenship to certain foreign soldiers who died while serving in the U.S. military. Specifically, it honors noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines between September 1, 1939, and December 31, 1946, and died during their service. The bill is named after Corporal Fernando Ruiz Baltazar, reco…

Sponsor

Cisneros, Gilbert Ray (D-California)

Introduced

2025-12-02

Policy area

Immigration

Latest action

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.