[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 88 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4435. Mr. GRASSLEY 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 B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN AFGHANS.

       (a) Aliens Described.--Section 602(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the 
     Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is 
     amended to read as follows:

       ``(I)(aa) by, or on behalf of, the United States 
     Government, in the case of an alien submitting an application 
     for Chief of Mission approval pursuant to subparagraph (D) 
     before the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017; or
       ``(bb) in the case of an alien submitting an application 
     for Chief of Mission approval pursuant to subparagraph (D) on 
     or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, in a capacity that 
     required the alien--

       ``(AA) to serve as an interpreter or translator for 
     personnel of the Department of State or the United States 
     Agency for International Development in Afghanistan while 
     traveling away from United States embassies or consulates 
     with such personnel;
       ``(BB) to serve as an interpreter or translator for United 
     States military personnel in Afghanistan while traveling off-
     base with such personnel; or
       ``(CC) to perform sensitive and trusted activities for 
     United States military personnel stationed in Afghanistan; 
     or''.
       (b) Numerical Limitations.--Section 602(b)(3)(F) of such 
     Act is amended by striking ``December 31, 2016;'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2017;''.
       (c) Report.--Section 602(b)(14) of such Act is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this paragraph,'' and inserting ``Not later than December 31, 
     2016, and annually thereafter through January 31, 2021,''; 
     and
       (2) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``under this 
     section;'' and inserting ``under subclause (I) or (II)(bb) of 
     paragraph (2)(A)(ii);''.
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