[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3318]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4288. Mr. KIRK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 H of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1277. PRIORITIZING SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR IRAQI AND 
                   AFGHAN TRANSLATORS.

       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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