[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5330]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5854. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1276. EXTENSION OF AND ADDITIONAL VISAS FOR THE AFGHAN 
                   SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.

       Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 
     2009 (Public Law 111-8; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
       (1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``2022'' and 
     inserting ``2023''
       (2) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
     ``34,500'' and inserting ``54,500'';
       (3) in clause (i), by striking ``December 31, 2023'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2024'';
       (4) in clause (ii), by striking ``December 31, 2023'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2024''; and
       (5) in paragraph (13), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``January 31, 2024'' and inserting ``January 
     31, 2025''.
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