Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan Fulbright Scholars Act of 2023

Subjects: Immigration


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1832 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 28, 2023

Mr. Garamendi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act to provide special immigrant 
      visas to certain Fulbright Scholars, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan 
Fulbright Scholars Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS.

    (a) Special Immigrant Visas for Certain Scholars.--Section 602(b) 
of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``an alien described in 
        subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
        ``an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of 
        paragraph (2)'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 
                ``subparagraph (D)'' and inserting ``subparagraph 
                (E)'';
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), 
                (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), and 
                (G), respectively;
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Fulbright and other scholars as principal 
                alien.--An alien is described in this subparagraph if 
                the alien is a national or citizen of Afghanistan and 
                was selected between October 7, 2001 and August 31, 
                2023, to participate in--
                            ``(i) the J. William Fulbright Educational 
                        Exchange Program authorized under section 102 
                        of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
                        Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(1)) including 
                        the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Grants and 
                        the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching 
                        Assistant Program;
                            ``(ii) the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship 
                        Program pursuant to section 112(a)(2) of the 
                        Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
                        1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460(a)(2));
                            ``(iii) the International Visitor 
                        Leadership Program pursuant to section 
                        112(a)(3) of the Mutual Educational and 
                        Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
                        2460(a)(3)); or
                            ``(iv) any other educational or cultural 
                        exchange activity administered by the Secretary 
                        of State pursuant to sections 102 or 112 of the 
                        Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
                        1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452; 22 U.S.C. 2460) for which 
                        the Secretary determines that a participating 
                        alien is eligible for a special immigrant visa 
                        under this paragraph.'';
                    (D) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and 
                inserting ``subparagraph (A) or (B)''; and
                    (E) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``subparagraph (A) or 
                (B)'';
            (3) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ``an alien described 
        in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2)'' and 
        inserting ``an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), 
        or (D) of paragraph (2)'';
            (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``an alien described in 
        subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
        ``an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of 
        paragraph (2)'';
            (5) in paragraph (6), by striking ``an alien described in 
        subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
        ``an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of 
        paragraph (2)''; and
            (6) in paragraph (9), by striking ``an alien described in 
        subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
        ``an alien described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of 
        paragraph (2)''.
    (b) Numerical Limitations.--Section 602(b)(3) of the Afghan Allies 
Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), and 
        (F) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G), respectively;
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(C)'' and inserting 
        ``(D)'';
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Fulbright and other scholars.--An alien 
                provided immigrant status pursuant to subparagraph 
                (2)(B) shall not be counted against any numerical 
                limitation under this section, or section 201, 202, 
                203, or 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1157).'';
            (4) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by paragraph 
        (1),--
                    (A) by striking ``paragraph (C)'' and inserting 
                ``subparagraph (D)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subsection (b)(2)(D)'' and 
                inserting ``paragraph (2)(E)'';
            (5) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by paragraph 
        (1),--
                    (A) by striking ``paragraph (2)(D)'' and inserting 
                ``paragraph (2)(E)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subparagraph (D)'' each place 
                that it appears and inserting ``subparagraph (E)''; and
            (6) in subparagraph (G), as redesignated by paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``subparagraph (D)'' and inserting 
                ``subparagraph (E)'';
                    (B) by striking ``subparagraphs (D) and (E)'' and 
                inserting ``subparagraphs (E) and (F)''; and
                    (C) in clause (ii), by striking ``paragraph 
                (2)(D)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)(E)''.
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