3.0.0 1263 2023-01-11T13:35:03Z 2023-01-11T13:35:03Z House HR 2017-02-28 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 28, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WELCH:H.R. 1263.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.[Page H1393]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2017-03-16T19:57:05Z Referred to 2017-02-28T15:00:31Z 2017-03-16 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2017-02-28 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-02-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT N Immigration Afghanistan Asia Border security and unlawful immigration Foreign language and bilingual programs Immigration status and procedures Iraq Middle East Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Racial and ethnic relations Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Religion Travel and tourism Visas and passports Immigration 00 2017-02-28 Introduced in House 2017-10-17T18:02:51Z Protecting Allies from Visa Exclusion (PAVE) Act

This bill makes any executive order precluding issuance of visas to, revoking visas issued to, or precluding entry or admission of, a class or classes of aliens inapplicable to an alien who is a national of Iraq or Afghanistan and has been granted special immigrant status pursuant to: (1) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, (2) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, or (3) the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009.

Any such executive order shall not apply to an alien who has been granted refugee status, has been approved for refugee admission, or is a refugee applicant in the United States Refugee Admissions Program under a priority 2 designation pursuant to this bill or the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. Priority 2 is for groups of special humanitarian concern identified by the U.S. refugee program.

The bill provides priority 2 designation for:

  • Afghanis who were or are employed by the U.S. government in Afghanistan,
  • Afghanis who are or were employed in Afghanistan by a U.S.-headquartered media or nongovernmental organization or an organization closely associated with the U.S. mission in Afghanistan that has received U.S. government funding,
  • family members of such aliens or of Afghanis granted special immigrant status based on valuable U.S. service, and
  • Afghanis who are members of a persecuted religious or minority community and who have close family members in the United States.

The Department of State may identify other priority 2 groups of Afghanis, including vulnerable populations.

]]> Protecting Allies from Visa Exclusion (PAVE) Act Display Title Protecting Allies from Visa Exclusion (PAVE) Act Official Title as Introduced To exclude from the application of Executive Order 13796 certain Iraqi and Afghani special immigrants and refugees, to render certain Afghanis eligible for Priority 2 processing under the refugee resettlement priority system, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Allies from Visa Exclusion (PAVE) Act Introduced in House 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1263ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1263ih.xml 2017-03-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.