[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5195 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5195

   To provide additional visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa 
                    Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2014

 Mr. Blumenauer (for himself and Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois) introduced 
    the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide additional visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa 
                    Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Afghan Allies Extension 
Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.

    Section 602(b)(3)(D) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(D) Additional fiscal year.--The total number of 
                principal aliens who may be provided special immigrant 
                status under this section in fiscal year 2014 may not 
                exceed 4,000, except that, notwithstanding any other 
                provision of this section--
                            ``(i) any unused balance of the total 
                        number of principal aliens who may be provided 
                        special immigrant status under this section in 
                        fiscal year 2014 may be carried forward and 
                        provided through December 31, 2016;
                            ``(ii) the 1-year period during which an 
                        alien must have been employed in accordance 
                        with paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall be the period 
                        beginning on October 7, 2001, and ending on 
                        December 31, 2014; and
                            ``(iii) the principal alien seeking special 
                        immigrant status under this subparagraph shall 
                        apply to the Chief of Mission in accordance 
                        with paragraph (2)(D) not later than December 
                        31, 2014.''.

SEC. 3. TEMPORARY FEE INCREASE FOR CERTAIN CONSULAR SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of State, not later than January 1, 2015, shall increase the 
fee or surcharge authorized under section 140(a) of the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
103-236; 8 U.S.C. 1351 note) by $1.50 for processing machine-readable 
nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable combined border crossing 
identification cards and nonimmigrant visas.
    (b) Deposit of Amounts.--Notwithstanding section 140(a)(2) of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public 
Law 103-236; 8 U.S.C. 1351 note), the additional amount collected 
pursuant the fee increase authorized under subsection (a) shall be 
deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
    (c) Sunset Provision.--The fee increase authorized under subsection 
(a) shall terminate on the date that is 4 years after the first date on 
which such increased fee is collected.
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