3.0.0 630 2023-01-11T13:36:16Z 2023-01-11T13:36:16Z Senate S 2017-03-15 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-15T14:21:35Z Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act 115 1544 HR 2017-03-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1842-1843) IntroReferral 2017-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2017-03-15 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2017-03-15 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2017-03-15 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-03-15 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2017-03-15 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-03-21 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2017-04-04 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-04-05 False Immigration Afghanistan Asia Conflicts and wars Foreign labor Foreign language and bilingual programs Visas and passports Immigration 00 2017-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-23T20:12:20Z 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 A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act Introduced in Senate 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s630is/xml/BILLS-115s630is.xml 2017-03-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1842-1843) 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.