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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2302 

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

Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 7, 2014 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KIRK, 

Mr. MARKEY, and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and 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— 

10 (1) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

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

3 follows: 

4 ‘‘(ii) was or is employed in Afghani5 stan on or after October 7, 2001, for not 

6 less than 1 year— 

7 ‘‘(I) by, or on behalf of, the 

8 United States Government; 

9 ‘‘(II) by, or on behalf of, an orga10 nization or entity closely associated 

11 with the United States mission in Af12 ghanistan that has received United 

13 States Government funding through 

14 an official and documented contract, 

15 award, grant, or cooperative agree16 ment, including the International Se17 curity Assistance Force; or 

18 ‘‘(III) by, or on behalf of, a 

19 media or nongovernmental organiza20 tion headquartered in the United 

21 States;’’; 

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

23 United States Government’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘an entity or organization described in 

25 clause (ii)’’; and 


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

2 United States Government’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘described in clause (ii)’’; and 

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

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘(B) FAMILY MEMBERS.—An alien is de7 scribed in this subparagraph if the alien is— 

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

9 principal alien described in subparagraph 

10 (A) who is accompanying or following to 

11 join the principal alien in the United 

12 States; or 

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

14 sibling of a principal alien described in 

15 subparagraph (A), whether or not accom16 panying or following to join; and 

17 ‘‘(II) has experienced or is experi18 encing an ongoing serious threat as a con19 sequence of the qualifying employment of a 

20 principal alien described in subparagraph 

21 (A).’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (3), by amending subpara23 graph (D) to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL FISCAL YEARS.—For 

25 each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the total 


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1 number of principal aliens who may be provided 

2 special immigrant status under this section may 

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

4 ‘‘(i) notwithstanding subparagraph 

5 (C), any unused balance of the total num6 ber of principal aliens who may be pro7 vided special immigrant status in fiscal 

8 years 2014 and 2015 may be carried for9 ward and provided through December 31, 

10 2016; 

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

12 an alien must have been employed in ac13 cordance with paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall be 

14 the period from October 7, 2001, through 

15 December 31, 2014; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the principal alien seeking spe17 cial immigrant status under this subpara18 graph shall apply to the Chief of Mission 

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

20 later than December 31, 2015.’’. 

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