[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7933]
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  SA 4425. Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Sasse, Ms. Ernst, 
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Romney) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and 
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 NATIONALS OF 
                   AFGHANISTAN EMPLOYED THROUGH A COOPERATIVE 
                   AGREEMENT, GRANT, OR NONGOVERNMENTAL 
                   ORGANIZATION FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES 
                   GOVERNMENT.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the United States recognizes the immense contributions 
     of the nationals of Afghanistan who worked, through 
     cooperative agreements, grants, and nongovernmental 
     organizations in Afghanistan, in support of the United States 
     mission to advance the causes of democracy, human rights, and 
     the rule of law in Afghanistan;
       (2) due to the close association of such nationals of 
     Afghanistan with the United States, their lives are at risk; 
     and
       (3) such nationals of Afghanistan should be provided with 
     special immigrant status under the Afghan Allies and 
     Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note; Public Law 111-
     8).
       (b) Special Immigrant Status.--Section 602(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) 
     of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 
     note; Public Law 111-8) is amended by inserting after 
     ``United States Government'' the following: ``, including 
     employment in Afghanistan funded by the United States 
     Government through a cooperative agreement, grant, or 
     nongovernmental organization, provided that the Chief of 
     Mission or delegated Department of State designee determines, 
     based on a recommendation from the Federal agency or 
     organization authorizing such funding, that such alien 
     contributed to the United States mission in Afghanistan''.
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