[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2949. Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mrs. Capito, and Mr. Inhofe) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
4038, to require that supplemental certifications and background 
investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as 
refugees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 3. PRIORITIZING SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR IRAQI AND 
                   AFGHAN TRANSLATORS.

       In allocating the resources of the Department of State, the 
     Secretary of State shall prioritize the issuance of special 
     immigrant visas authorized under--
       (1) section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 
     note);
       (2) section 1244 of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 
     (8 U.S.C. 1157 note); and
       (3) section 602 of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101 note).
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