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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4594 

To provide for a 1-year extension of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa 

Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2014 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. 

HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. SMITH of 

Washington, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. REICHERT) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for a 1-year extension of the Afghan Special 

Immigrant Visa Program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Afghan Allies Protec5 tion Extension Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF AFGHAN SPECIAL 

7 IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM. 

8 Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act 

9 of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

3 (i) by amending clause (ii) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(ii) was or is employed in Afghani6 stan on or after October 7, 2001, for not 

7 less than 1 year— 

8 ‘‘(I) by, or on behalf of, the 

9 United States Government; 

10 ‘‘(II) by, or on behalf of, an orga11 nization or entity closely associated 

12 with the United States mission in Af13 ghanistan that has received United 

14 States Government funding through 

15 an official and documented contract, 

16 award, grant, or cooperative agree17 ment, including the International Se18 curity Assistance Force; or 

19 ‘‘(III) by, or on behalf of, a 

20 media or nongovernmental organiza21 tion headquartered in the United 

22 States;’’; 

23 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘the 

24 United States Government’’ and inserting 


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1 ‘‘an entity or organization described in 

2 clause (ii)’’; and 

3 (iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘by the 

4 United States Government’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘described in clause (ii)’’; and 

6 (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

7 as follows: 

8 ‘‘(B) FAMILY MEMBERS.—An alien is de9 scribed in this subparagraph if the alien is— 

10 ‘‘(i) the spouse or minor child of a 

11 principal alien described in subparagraph 

12 (A) who is accompanying or following to 

13 join the principal alien in the United 

14 States; or 

15 ‘‘(ii)(I) the spouse, child, parent, or 

16 sibling of a principal alien described in 

17 subparagraph (A), whether or not accom18 panying or following to join; and 

19 ‘‘(II) has experienced or is experi20 encing an ongoing serious threat as a con21 sequence of the qualifying employment of a 

22 principal alien described in subparagraph 

23 (A).’’; and 

24 (2) in paragraph (3), by amending subpara25 graph (D) to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEARS.—For 

2 each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the total 

3 number of principal aliens who may be provided 

4 special immigrant status under this section may 

5 not exceed 3,000 per year, except that— 

6 ‘‘(i) notwithstanding subparagraph 

7 (C), any unused balance of the total num8 ber of principal aliens who may be pro9 vided special immigrant status in fiscal 

10 years 2014 and 2015 may be carried for11 ward and provided through December 31, 

12 2016; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the 1-year period during which 

14 an alien must have been employed in ac15 cordance with paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall be 

16 the period from October 7, 2001, through 

17 December 31, 2014; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) the principal alien seeking spe19 cial immigrant status under this subpara20 graph shall apply to the Chief of Mission 

21 in accordance with paragraph (2)(D) not 

22 later than December 31, 2015.’’. 

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