[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1544 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1544

 To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to make 2,500 visas 
available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 15, 2017

 Mr. Kinzinger (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Moulton, 
   Mr. Banks of Indiana, Mr. Peters, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Conyers, Mr. 
Hunter, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Reichert, Mr. 
   Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Gallagher, and Mr. Welch) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to make 2,500 visas 
available 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 ``Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan 
Allies Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR AFGHAN ALLIES.

    Section 602(b)(3)(F) of Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ``8,500'' and inserting ``11,000''.
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