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<item congress="113" measure-type="s" measure-number="990" measure-id="id113s990" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2013-05-20" update-date="2013-08-16">
<title>A bill to extend the Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs by 1 year.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113s990v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2013-08-16">
<action-date>2013-05-20</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Amends the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 to extend the program providing special immigrant status to qualifying Iraqis for an additional fiscal year.</p> <p>Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to extend the program providing special immigrant status to qualifying Afghans through FY2014.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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