[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2624 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2624

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2014

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

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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 ``Afghan Allies Protection 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.''.
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