[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 630 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 630

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 2017

   Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Reed, Mr. Tillis, Mr. 
  Blumenthal, and Mr. Kaine) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and 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 the 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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