[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5785. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. SUPPORT FOR NATIONALS OF AFGHANISTAN APPLYING FOR 
                   STUDENT VISAS.

       (a) Exception With Respect to Residence.--To be eligible as 
     a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(F) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)), an 
     individual who is a national of Afghanistan or a person with 
     no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan 
     shall meet all requirements for such nonimmigrant status 
     except that the individual shall not be required to 
     demonstrate residence in Afghanistan or an intention not to 
     abandon such residence.
       (b) Applicability.--
       (1) In general.--The exception under subsection (a) shall 
     apply during the period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is two 
     years after such date of enactment.
       (2) Extension.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State--
       (A) shall periodically review the country conditions in 
     Afghanistan; and
       (B) may renew the exception under subsection (a) in 18-
     month increments based on such conditions.
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