; and (3) points of contact at the Department of Homeland Security to resolve emergency immigration-related situations with respect to such individuals and their family members. (d) Application for naturalization (1) Biometrics (A) Submission of biometric information The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, at the time of accession into the Armed Forces, biometric information of an individual who has applied, or who plans to apply, for naturalization is submitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for the purposes of such application. (B) Acceptance of biometric information The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall accept any biometric information submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A). (2) Filing of application The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall ensure that each noncitizen individual who accesses into the Armed Forces is permitted to file an application for naturalization as part of the accessions process. (3) Adjudication of application The Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall ensure that the application for naturalization of any individual who applies for naturalization during the accessions process into the Armed Forces is adjudicated not later than the last day of active service of the individual in the Armed Forces. (e) Annual reports The Secretary of each military department shall annually submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the number of all noncitizens who enlisted or were appointed in their department, all members of the Armed Forces in their department who naturalized, and all members of the Armed Forces in their department who were discharged or released without United States citizenship under the jurisdiction of such Secretary during the preceding year. 8. Study and report on noncitizen veterans removed from the United States (a) Study required Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the