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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5195 

To provide additional visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2014 

Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois) introduced the 

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

in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide additional visas for 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 ‘‘Emergency Afghan 

5 Allies Extension Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 Section 602(b)(3)(D) of the Afghan Allies Protection 

4 Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended to read as 

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEAR.—The 

7 total number of principal aliens who may be 

8 provided special immigrant status under this 

9 section in fiscal year 2014 may not exceed 

10 4,000, except that, notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of this section— 

12 ‘‘(i) any unused balance of the total 

13 number of principal aliens who may be 

14 provided special immigrant status under 

15 this section in fiscal year 2014 may be car16 ried forward and provided through Decem17 ber 31, 2016; 

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

19 an alien must have been employed in ac20 cordance with paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall be 

21 the period beginning on October 7, 2001, 

22 and ending on December 31, 2014; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) the principal alien seeking spe24 cial immigrant status under this subpara25 graph shall apply to the Chief of Mission 


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

2 later than December 31, 2014.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. TEMPORARY FEE INCREASE FOR CERTAIN CON4 SULAR SERVICES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the Secretary of State, not later than January 

7 1, 2015, shall increase the fee or surcharge authorized 

8 under section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza9 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103– 

10 236; 8 U.S.C. 1351 note) by $1.50 for processing ma11 chine-readable nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable 

12 combined border crossing identification cards and non13 immigrant visas. 

14 (b) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding sec15 tion 140(a)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

16 Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236; 8 

17 U.S.C. 1351 note), the additional amount collected pursu18 ant the fee increase authorized under subsection (a) shall 

19 be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. 

20 (c) SUNSET PROVISION.—The fee increase authorized 

21 under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 

22 4 years after the first date on which such increased fee 

23 is collected. 

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