[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2302 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2302

To provide for a 1-year extension of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa 
                    Program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2014

Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kirk, 
 Mr. Markey, and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for a 1-year extension of 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 ``Afghan Allies Protection Extension 
Act''.

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

    Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
                        follows:
                            ``(ii) was or is employed in Afghanistan on 
                        or after October 7, 2001, for not less than 1 
                        year--
                                    ``(I) by, or on behalf of, the 
                                United States Government;
                                    ``(II) by, or on behalf of, an 
                                organization or entity closely 
                                associated with the United States 
                                mission in Afghanistan that has 
                                received United States Government 
                                funding through an official and 
                                documented contract, award, grant, or 
                                cooperative agreement, including the 
                                International Security Assistance 
                                Force; or
                                    ``(III) by, or on behalf of, a 
                                media or nongovernmental organization 
                                headquartered in the United States;'';
                            (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``the 
                        United States Government'' and inserting ``an 
                        entity or organization described in clause 
                        (ii)''; and
                            (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ``by the 
                        United States Government'' and inserting 
                        ``described in clause (ii)''; and
                    (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
                follows:
                    ``(B) Family members.--An alien is described in 
                this subparagraph if the alien is--
                            ``(i) the spouse or minor child of a 
                        principal alien described in subparagraph (A) 
                        who is accompanying or following to join the 
                        principal alien in the United States; or
                            ``(ii)(I) the spouse, child, parent, or 
                        sibling of a principal alien described in 
                        subparagraph (A), whether or not accompanying 
                        or following to join; and
                            ``(II) has experienced or is experiencing 
                        an ongoing serious threat as a consequence of 
                        the qualifying employment of a principal alien 
                        described in subparagraph (A).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by amending subparagraph (D) to read 
        as follows:
                    ``(D) Additional fiscal years.--For each of fiscal 
                years 2014 and 2015, the total number of principal 
                aliens who may be provided special immigrant status 
                under this section may not exceed 3,000 per year, 
                except that--
                            ``(i) notwithstanding subparagraph (C), any 
                        unused balance of the total number of principal 
                        aliens who may be provided special immigrant 
                        status in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 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 
                        from October 7, 2001, through 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, 2015.''.
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