[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7941-S7942]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4443. Mr. KENNEDY 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

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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. REPORT ON VETTING NATIONALS FROM AFGHANISTAN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the process used to vet 
     nationals of Afghanistan who arrived in the United States 
     during the period beginning on July 15, 2021 and ending on 
     August 31, 2021.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of such process.
       (2) The number of such nationals of Afghanistan present in 
     the United States who, upon entry to the United States--
       (A) did not present the identification documents required 
     for admission into the United States; and
       (B) were allowed to provide only a name and date of birth 
     to vetting officials to input into tracking systems of the 
     Government.
       (3) A description of the training that vetting officials 
     receive regarding the detection of fraudulent identification 
     documents.
       (4) In the case of any such national of Afghanistan who has 
     been detained following entry to the United States for 
     reasons related to national security, a specific 
     justification for such detention.
       (5) A plan for relocating nationals of Afghanistan held in 
     the Republic of Kosovo due to the potential risks they pose 
     to the national security of the United States.
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