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Part XII
The President
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Executive Order 12939--Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and
Noncitizen Nationals Who Served in an Active-Duty Status During the
Persian Gulf Conflict
                        Presidential Documents
Federal Register
Vol. 59, No. 228
Tuesday, November 29, 1994
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Title 3--
The President
                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.
[FR Doc. 94-29541
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