[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3304]
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  SA 4250. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Reed, and Mr. 
Tillis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. MODIFICATION OF PROTECTION FOR AFGHAN ALLIES.

       (a) Numerical Limitations.--Subparagraph (F) of section 
     602(b)(3) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 
     U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``2015, 2016, and 2017'' 
     and inserting ``2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018'';
       (2) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
       (A) by striking ``exhausted,,'' and inserting 
     ``exhausted,''; and
       (B) by striking ``7,000'' and inserting ``11,000'';
       (3) in clause (i), by striking ``December 31, 2016;'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2017;''; and
       (4) in clause (ii), by striking ``December 31, 2016;'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2017;''.
       (b) Plan to Bring Afghan SIV Program to a Responsible 
     End.--Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 
     2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(17) Plan to bring afghan siv program to a responsible 
     end.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
     of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2017 or March 1, 2018, whichever is earlier, 
     the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
     Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of 
     United States Central Command, and the Commander Resolute 
     Support/United States Forces - Afghanistan, shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing a 
     strategy for bringing the program under this title to provide 
     special immigrant status to certain Afghans to a responsible 
     end by or before December 31, 2019, or as soon thereafter as 
     practicable consistent with the national security interests 
     of the United States.
       ``(B) Content.--The report required by subparagraph (A) 
     shall address, at a minimum, the following:
       ``(i) The number of visas that would be required to meet 
     existing or reasonably projected commitments, taking into 
     account the need to support a continued United States 
     Government presence in Afghanistan.
       ``(ii) An estimate of how long such visas should remain 
     available.
       ``(iii) A assessment of whether other existing programs 
     would be adequate to incentivize the continued recruitment, 
     retention, and protection of critical Afghan employees, after 
     the program under this title expires.
       ``(iv) A description of potential alternative programs that 
     could be considered if existing programs are inadequate.''.
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