3.0.0 1474 2022-02-08T23:21:49Z 2022-02-08T23:21:49Z Senate S 2019-05-15 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-15T15:09:50Z Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2019 116 2796 HR 2019-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 116 2500 HR 2020-08-11 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512. Related bill CRS National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 116 1790 S 2019-12-20 Became Public Law No: 116-92. Related bill CRS 2019-05-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2019-05-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2019-05-15 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2019-05-15 True G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2019-05-15 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-05-15 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2019-05-15 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-05-15 True Immigration Afghanistan Asia Congressional oversight Foreign aid and international relief Foreign labor Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Iraq Middle East Military operations and strategy Visas and passports Worker safety and health Immigration 00 2019-05-15 Introduced in Senate 2020-01-30T21:19:36Z Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2019

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.

]]> Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2019 Display Title Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill 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. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1474is/xml/BILLS-116s1474is.xml 2019-05-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.