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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3385 

To waive the requirement to undergo a medical exam for aliens who are 

otherwise eligible for special immigrant status under the Afghan Allies 

Protection Act of 2009, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2021 

Mr. CROW (for himself and Mr. WENSTRUP) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To waive the requirement to undergo a medical exam for 

aliens who are otherwise eligible for special immigrant 

status under the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009, 

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 ‘‘Honoring Our Prom5 ises through Expedition for Afghan SIVs Act of 2021’’ 

6 or the ‘‘HOPE for Afghan SIVs Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF MEDICAL EXAM FOR AFGHAN ALLIES. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State or the 

3 Secretary of Homeland Security may waive any require4 ment to undergo a medical exam under section 232 of the 

5 Immigration and Nationality (8 U.S.C. 1222), or any 

6 other applicable requirement to undergo a medical exam 

7 prior to admission to the United States, for aliens de8 scribed in section 602(b)(2) of the Afghan Allies Protec9 tion Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note). 

10 (b) DURATION.—The waiver authorized under sub11 section (a) shall be for a period of 1 year, and may be 

12 extended for additional 1-year periods. 

13 (c) REQUIREMENT FOR MEDICAL EXAM AFTER AD14 MISSION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

16 Security, in consultation with the Secretary of 

17 Health and Human Services, shall ensure that any 

18 alien who does not undergo a medical exam prior to 

19 admission to the United States pursuant to this sec20 tion, receives such an exam not later than 90 days 

21 after the alien is admitted to the United States. 

22 (2) REPORT.—On the date that is one year 

23 after the date on which the waiver authority under 

24 subsection (a) is exercised, and on the date that is 

25 one year after any extension under subsection (b), 

26 the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 


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1 with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 

2 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com3 mittees a report on the medical exams given under 

4 paragraph (1). 

5 (d) NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary of State or the 

6 Secretary of Homeland Security exercises the waiver au7 thority under subsection (a), or extends such a waiver 

8 under subsection (b), the Secretary shall notify the appro9 priate congressional committees. 

10 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

11 The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ 

12 means— 

13 (1) the Committees on Armed Services of the 

14 House of Representatives and of the Senate; 

15 (2) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 

16 House of Representatives and of the Senate; 

17 (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

19 Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

20 (4) the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

21 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

22 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

23 Senate. 


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1 (f) SUNSET.—The authority under subsections (a) 

2 and (b) expires on the date that is 3 years after the date 

3 of enactment of this Act. 

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