1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) military service to the United States is a sacrifice that demonstrates loyalty to the Nation; (2) a noncitizen who takes an oath of enlistment or an oath of office to join the United States Armed Forces—promising to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic—deserves facilitated access to naturalization; (3) such noncitizen and his or her family members deserve consideration for the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in immigration removal proceedings; and (4) a noncitizen veteran who is deported after consideration under this Act should be provided the same veterans’ benefits to which a similarly situated United States citizen veteran would be entitled. 3. Identification of members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and covered family members in removal proceedings (a) In general Not later than the time of the Master Calendar Hearing for any individual in removal proceedings, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall identify whether the individual is— (1) a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty or in a reserve component; (2) a veteran