3.0.0 2783 2022-12-31T05:35:11Z 2022-12-31T05:35:11Z Senate S 2021-09-21 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-09-21T21:17:54Z WELCOMED Act of 2021 117 5168 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Related bill CRS 2021-09-21 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Immigration Afghanistan Asia Immigrant health and welfare Immigration status and procedures Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Immigration 00 2021-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-10-13T15:57:39Z Welcoming Evacuees Coming from Overseas to Mitigate Effects of Displacement Act of 2021 or the WELCOMED Act of 2021

This bill makes certain individuals from Afghanistan eligible for any benefit that is available to a refugee, such as resettlement assistance.

Specifically, this bill shall apply to a national of Afghanistan (or an individual with no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) who is temporarily paroled into the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit during the four-year period beginning on July 1, 2021.

]]> WELCOMED Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide resettlement benefits for certain nationals of Afghanistan, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title WELCOMED Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced WELCOMED Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Welcoming Evacuees Coming from Overseas to Mitigate Effects of Displacement Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2783is/xml/BILLS-117s2783is.xml 2021-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.