; or (B) rendered inadmissible to, or deportable from, the United States. (2) Periods of absence The Secretary shall disregard any period of absence from the United States of a noncitizen described in subsection (a) due to the noncitizen having been removed from, or being inadmissible to, the United States if the noncitizen satisfies the applicable requirement relating to continuous residence or physical presence. 6. Access to military benefits A noncitizen who has obtained the status of a noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence pursuant to section 3 shall be eligible for all military and veterans benefits for which the noncitizen would have been eligible had the noncitizen not been ordered removed from the United States, voluntarily departed the United States, or rendered inadmissible to, or deportable from, the United States, as applicable. 7. Implementation (a) Identification The Secretary shall identify noncitizen service members and veterans at risk of removal from the United States by— (1) before initiating a removal proceeding against a noncitizen, asking the noncitizen whether he or she is serving, or has served as a member of— (A) a regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces on active duty; or (B) a reserve component of the Armed Forces in an active status; (2) requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to seek supervisory approval before initiating a removal proceeding against a service member or veteran; and (3) keeping records of any service member or veteran who has been— (A) the subject of a removal proceeding; (B) detained by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or (C) removed from the United States. (b) Record annotation (1) In general In the case of a noncitizen service member or veteran identified under subsection (a), the Secretary shall annotate all immigration and naturalization records of the Department of Homeland Security relating to the noncitizen— (A) to reflect that the noncitizen is a service member or veteran