3.0.0 1544 2023-01-11T13:35:38Z 2023-01-11T13:35:38Z House HR 2017-03-15 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 15, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KINZINGER:H.R. 1544.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H2083]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee Referred to 2017-03-31T18:46:51Z Referred to 2017-03-15T20:34:35Z Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act 115 630 S 2017-03-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1842-1843) Identical bill CRS 2017-03-31 hsju01 Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Committee 2017-03-15 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-03-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-03-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000378 Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] Adam Kinzinger R IL 16 N B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2017-03-15 True S001187 Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] Steve Stivers R OH 15 2017-03-15 True M001196 Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] Seth Moulton D MA 6 2017-03-15 True B001299 Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] Jim Banks R IN 3 2017-03-15 True P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2017-03-15 True W000815 Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] Brad Wenstrup R OH R. 2 2017-03-15 True C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] JOHN CONYERS D MI 13 2017-03-15 True H001048 Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] Duncan Hunter R CA D. 50 2017-03-15 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2017-03-15 True S001196 Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] Elise Stefanik R NY M. 21 2017-03-15 True H000324 Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] ALCEE HASTINGS D FL L. 20 2017-03-15 True R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2017-03-15 True J000288 Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4] Henry Johnson D GA C. "Hank" 4 2017-03-15 True G000579 Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] Mike Gallagher R WI 8 2017-03-15 True W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT 0 2017-03-15 True D000604 Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15] Charles Dent R PA W. 15 2017-03-20 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 19 2017-03-20 False S001190 Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] Bradley Schneider D IL Scott 10 2017-03-29 False C001107 Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26] Carlos Curbelo R FL 26 2017-03-29 False W000812 Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] Ann Wagner R MO 2 2017-03-29 False T000465 Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3] Niki Tsongas D MA 3 2017-03-29 False H001056 Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] Jaime Herrera Beutler R WA 3 2017-03-30 False S000480 Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] LOUISE SLAUGHTER D NY M. 25 2017-03-30 False O000170 Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] Beto O'Rourke D TX 16 2017-04-05 False H001073 Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23] Will Hurd R TX 23 2017-04-05 False T000477 Rep. Taylor, Scott [R-VA-2] Scott Taylor R VA 2 2017-04-26 False M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6] Doris Matsui D CA O. 6 2017-04-26 False M001199 Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18] Brian Mast R FL J. 18 2017-05-22 False M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2017-05-22 False K000389 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] Ro Khanna D CA 17 2018-03-14 False Immigration Afghanistan Asia Conflicts and wars Foreign aid and international relief Foreign labor Foreign language and bilingual programs Immigration status and procedures Military operations and strategy Visas and passports Immigration 00 2017-03-15 Introduced in House 2017-06-23T20:11:41Z Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act

This bill amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase from 8,500 to 11,000 the total number of visas available for the Afghan special immigrant visa program.

Such program is for Afghan translators who worked with the U.S. government or Armed Forces.

]]> Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act Display Title Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to make 2,500 visas available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act Introduced in House 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1544ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1544ih.xml 2017-03-31 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.