Bill > HR2796

Introduced Session

To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to make 4,000 visas available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes. This bill provides for 4,000 additional special immigrant visas to qualified nationals of Afghanistan who were employed by or on behalf of the United States since October 7, 2001. The visa allotment, in addition to any unused allocations of such special immigrant visas from FY2015 through FY2017, shall be available beginning FY2019, and unused visas shall carry over to subsequent fiscal years until exhausted. The Department of State Inspector General shall report to Congress on obstacles to protecting Afghan and Iraqi allies through special immigrant visa programs and recommendations for improving future programs.

Committee Categories

Earl Blumenauer (D)*,  Don Bacon (R),  Ami Bera (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Tom Cole (R),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Dan Crenshaw (R),  Jason Crow (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Lloyd Doggett (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Mike Gallagher (R),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),  Duncan Hunter (R),  Will Hurd (R),  Bill Johnson (R),  Adam Kinzinger (R),  Conor Lamb (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Brian Mast (R),  Jim McGovern (D),  Seth Moulton (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Chris Pappas (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Guy Reschenthaler (R),  Tim Ryan (D),  Elise Stefanik (R),  Steve Stivers (R),  David Trone (D),  Peter Visclosky (D),  Michael Waltz (R),  Steve Watkins (R),  Peter Welch (D),  Brad Wenstrup (R),  Ron Wright (R),  Don Young (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (on 06/26/2019)

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