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PUBLIC LAW 101-249—MAR. 6, 1990 104 STAT. 95 defined by the Attorney General). The Attorney General shall approve such a request respecting a person if— "(1) the request is filed not later than 2 years after— "(A) the date of the enactment of this section, or "(B) the date of the person's death, whichever date is later; "(2) the request is accompanied by a duly authenticated certificate from the executive department under which the person served which states that the person satisfied the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b); and "(3) the Attorney General finds that the person satisfied the requirement of subsection G>X3). "(d) DOCUMENTATION OF POSTHUMOUS CITIZENSHIP. — If the Attorney General approves such a request to grant a person posthumous citizenship, the Attorney General shall send to the individual who filed the request a suitable document which states that the United States considers the person to have been a citizen of the United States at the time of the person's death. "(e) NO BENEFITS TO SURVIVORS. —Nothing in this section or section 319(d) shall be construed as providing for any benefits under this Act for any spouse, son, daughter, or other relative of a person granted posthumous citizenship under this section.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 329 the following new item: "Sec. 329A. Posthumous citizenship through death while on active-duty service in the armed forces during World War I, World War II, the Korean hostilities, the Vietnam hostilities, or in other periods of military hostilities.". Approved March 6, 1990. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 150: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-350 (Coram, on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 135 (1989): Nov. 13, considered and passed House. Vol. 136 (1990): Feb. 20, considered and passed Senate. 39-194O-91-5:QL3Part1