[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 133 (Thursday, July 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5185-S5186]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2124. Mr. COTTON proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2123 
proposed by Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Shelby) to the bill H.R. 
3237, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 17, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       (c) Report to Congress.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report, including 
     a classified annex, if necessary, on the Afghan special 
     immigrant visa program as described in Section 602(b) of the 
     Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) and 
     Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 
     2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note).
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) The total number of visas issued under such program, 
     disaggregated by fiscal year.
       (B) With respect to principal aliens issued special 
     immigrant visas under such program, a description of the 
     types of roles performed for which such aliens earned 
     eligibility for such visas.
       (C) Information regarding the average processing times for 
     visa applicants under such program, disaggregated by the 
     fiscal year in which visa applications under the program were 
     submitted.

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       (D) The number of individuals who have pending applications 
     for visas under such program, including--
        1) The number of individuals approved of the total number 
     of applications processed by the Chief of Mission; and
       (2) The number of successful appeals of the total number of 
     application appeals filed.
       (E) The estimated total number of individuals who have 
     performed the requisite employment to apply for a visa under 
     such program, but who have not yet applied for or received a 
     visa, including a description of the methodology used to 
     create such an estimate.
       (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
     Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed 
     Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
     the House of Representatives.
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