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This bill, the Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2022, aims to provide benefits and support for noncitizen members of the Armed Forces. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring a study and report on noncitizen veterans and former members of the Armed Forces who were removed from the United States, including details on their service and reasons for removal. 2. Establishing an information system within the Department of Homeland Security to identify noncitizen veterans and consider their veteran status in removal proceedings. 3. Creating the "Military Family Immigration Advisory Committee" to provide recommendations to the Secretary of Homeland Security on exercising discretion in removal proceedings for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their family members. 4. Implementing a program to ensure eligible noncitizens are able to apply for naturalization while serving in the Armed Forces and receive the required certification within 30 days. 5. Allowing the Secretary of Homeland Security to adjust the status of eligible noncitizen veterans who were previously removed, waiving certain grounds of inadmissibility if it is in the public interest. 6. Providing adjustment of status for immediate relatives of U.S. citizen service members or veterans who have served at least 2 years and were discharged under honorable conditions.

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