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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1832 

To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act to provide special immigrant 

visas to certain Fulbright Scholars, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 28, 2023 

Mr. GARAMENDI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act to provide special 

immigrant visas to certain Fulbright Scholars, 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 ‘‘Special Immigrant 

5 Visas for Afghan Fulbright Scholars Act of 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN FUL7 BRIGHT SCHOLARS. 

8 (a) SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN

9 SCHOLARS.—Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protec10 tion Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘an alien de2 scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para3 graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub4 paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’; 

5 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 

7 ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara8 graph (E)’’; 

9 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 

10 (C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (C), 

11 (D), (E), (F), and (G), respectively; 

12 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(B) FULBRIGHT AND OTHER SCHOLARS

15 AS PRINCIPAL ALIEN.—An alien is described in 

16 this subparagraph if the alien is a national or 

17 citizen of Afghanistan and was selected between 

18 October 7, 2001 and August 31, 2023, to par19 ticipate in— 

20 ‘‘(i) the J. William Fulbright Edu21 cational Exchange Program authorized 

22 under section 102 of the Mutual Edu23 cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

24 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(1)) including the 

25 Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Grants and 


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1 the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching 

2 Assistant Program; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the Hubert H. Humphrey Fel4 lowship Program pursuant to section 

5 112(a)(2) of the Mutual Educational and 

6 Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

7 2460(a)(2)); 

8 ‘‘(iii) the International Visitor Leader9 ship Program pursuant to section 

10 112(a)(3) of the Mutual Educational and 

11 Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

12 2460(a)(3)); or 

13 ‘‘(iv) any other educational or cultural 

14 exchange activity administered by the Sec15 retary of State pursuant to sections 102 or 

16 112 of the Mutual Educational and Cul17 tural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

18 2452; 22 U.S.C. 2460) for which the Sec19 retary determines that a participating alien 

20 is eligible for a special immigrant visa 

21 under this paragraph.’’; 

22 (D) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated 

23 by subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subpara24 graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or 

25 (B)’’; and 


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1 (E) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated 

2 by subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subpara3 graph (A)’’ each place it appears and inserting 

4 ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’; 

5 (3) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ‘‘an alien 

6 described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para7 graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub8 paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’; 

9 (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘an alien de10 scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para11 graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub12 paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’; 

13 (5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘an alien de14 scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para15 graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub16 paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’; 

17 and 

18 (6) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘an alien de19 scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para20 graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub21 paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’. 

22 (b) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 602(b)(3) of 

23 the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 

24 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), 

2 (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), 

3 (F), and (G), respectively; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘(D)’’; 

6 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol7 lowing new subparagraph: 

8 ‘‘(B) FULBRIGHT AND OTHER SCHOL9 ARS.—An alien provided immigrant status pur10 suant to subparagraph (2)(B) shall not be 

11 counted against any numerical limitation under 

12 this section, or section 201, 202, 203, or 207 

13 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

14 U.S.C. 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1157).’’; 

15 (4) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by 

16 paragraph (1),— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (C)’’ and in18 serting ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)(D)’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(E)’’; 

21 (5) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by 

22 paragraph (1),— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(D)’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(E)’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ each 

2 place that it appears and inserting ‘‘subpara3 graph (E)’’; and 

4 (6) in subparagraph (G), as redesignated by 

5 paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E)’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (D) and 

9 (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (E) and 

10 (F)’’; and 

11 (C) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

12 (2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(E)’’. 

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