3.0.0 3433 2022-12-30T03:34:00Z 2022-12-30T03:34:00Z Senate S 2021-12-17 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-12-17T21:44:26Z 2021-12-17 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2021-12-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2021-12-17 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2021-12-17 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2021-12-17 True Immigration Immigration 00 2021-12-17 Introduced in Senate 2022-07-28T18:52:35Z Honor Our Commitment Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress a strategy for the safe processing abroad of nationals of Afghanistan applying for admission as refugees or special immigrant visas based on the applicant's work in support of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

The strategy must include various elements, including detailed plans for (1) prioritizing the processing of such individuals, (2) providing security checks for such individuals, (3) facilitating the rapid departure of such individuals from Afghanistan after the security checks, and (4) engaging with other countries to better facilitate the evacuation of such individuals.

The State Department must also report monthly to Congress on the progress of efforts to implement the strategy.

]]> Honor Our Commitment Act of 2021 Display Title Honor Our Commitment Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Honor Our Commitment Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a strategy to support nationals of Afghanistan who are applicants for special immigrant visas or for referral to the United States Refugee Admissions Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3433is/xml/BILLS-117s3433is.xml 2021-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.