[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3868-S3869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1805. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:

       After subsection (a) of section 1227, insert the following:
       (b) Department of Defense Concurrence.--- Section 
     602(b)(2)(D) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 
     U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(iii) Written concurrence by the department of defense.--
     After obtaining the approval from the Chief of Mission under 
     clause (i), but prior to the alien's admission to the United 
     States, the alien shall obtain the written concurrence of the 
     Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, 
     Pakistan, and Central Asia, or the written concurrence of the 
     Commander of United States Forces-Afghanistan. Such written

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     concurrence shall include an attestation that the Deputy 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and 
     Central Asia, or the Commander of United States Forces-
     Afghanistan, has personally and independently reviewed the 
     alien's application, and has no concerns regarding the 
     admission of the alien or the dependents of the alien to the 
     United States, or regarding the future danger the alien or 
     the dependents of the alien may pose to the United States 
     after admission.''.
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