(e) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON AFGHAN ALLY 
STRATEGY.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall establish an Interagency Task Force 
on Afghan Ally Strategy (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Task Force’’)— 
(A) to develop and oversee the implementa-
tion of the strategy and contingency plan de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(i) of paragraph 
(4); and 
(B) to submit the report, and provide a 
briefing on the report, as described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (4). 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall 
include— 
(i) 1 or more representatives from 
each relevant Federal agency, as des-
ignated by the head of the applicable rel-
evant Federal agency; and 
(ii) any other Federal Government of-
ficial designated by the President. 
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(B) RELEVANT
FEDERAL
AGENCY
DE-
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘relevant 
Federal agency’’ means— 
(i) the Department of State; 
(ii) the Department of Homeland Se-
curity; 
(iii) the Department of Defense; 
(iv) the Department of Health and 
Human Services; 
(v) the Department of Justice; and 
(vi) the Office of the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence. 
(3) CHAIR.—The Task Force shall be chaired 
by the Secretary of State. 
(4) DUTIES.— 
(A) REPORT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which the Task 
Force is established, the Task Force, act-
ing through the chair of the Task Force, 
shall submit a report to the appropriate 
committees of Congress that includes— 
(I) a strategy for facilitating the 
resettlement of nationals of Afghani-
stan outside the United States who, 
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during the period beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2001, and ending on September 
1, 2021, directly and personally sup-
ported the United States mission in 
Afghanistan, as determined by the 
Secretary of State in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense; and 
(II) a contingency plan for future 
emergency operations in foreign coun-
tries involving foreign nationals who 
have worked directly with the United 
States Government, including the 
Armed Forces of the United States 
and United States intelligence agen-
cies. 
(ii) ELEMENTS.—The report required 
under clause (i) shall include— 
(I) the total number of nationals 
of Afghanistan who have pending 
specified applications, disaggregated 
by— 
(aa) such nationals in Af-
ghanistan and such nationals in 
a third country; 
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(bb) type of specified appli-
cation; and 
(cc) applications that are 
documentarily complete and ap-
plications 
that 
are 
not 
documentarily complete; 
(II) an estimate of the number of 
nationals of Afghanistan who may be 
eligible for special immigrant status 
or classification as an Afghan ally; 
(III) with respect to the strategy 
required 
under 
subparagraph 
(A)(i)(I)— 
(aa) the estimated number 
of nationals of Afghanistan de-
scribed in such subparagraph; 
(bb) a description of the 
process for safely resettling such 
nationals of Afghanistan; 
(cc) a plan for processing 
such nationals of Afghanistan for 
admission to the United States 
that— 
(AA) discusses the fea-
sibility of remote processing 
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for such nationals of Af-
ghanistan residing in Af-
ghanistan; 
(BB) 
includes 
any 
strategy for facilitating ref-
ugee and consular proc-
essing for such nationals of 
Afghanistan in third coun-
tries, and the timelines for 
such processing; 
(CC) includes a plan 
for conducting rigorous and 
efficient vetting of all such 
nationals of Afghanistan for 
processing; 
(DD) 
discusses 
the 
availability and capacity of 
sites in third countries to 
process 
applications 
and 
conduct any required vetting 
for such nationals of Af-
ghanistan, including the po-
tential to establish addi-
tional sites; and 
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(EE) includes a plan 
for providing updates and 
necessary information to af-
fected individuals and rel-
evant nongovernmental or-
ganizations; 
(dd) a description of consid-
erations, including resource con-
straints, security concerns, miss-
ing or inaccurate information, 
and 
diplomatic 
considerations, 
that limit the ability of the Sec-
retary of State or the Secretary 
to increase the number of such 
nationals of Afghanistan who can 
be safely processed or resettled; 
(ee) an identification of any 
resource or additional authority 
necessary to increase the number 
of such nationals of Afghanistan 
who can be processed or reset-
tled; 
(ff) an estimate of the cost 
to fully implement the strategy; 
and 
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(gg) any other matter the 
Task Force considers relevant to 
the implementation of the strat-
egy; 
(IV) with respect to the contin-
gency 
plan 
required 
by 
clause 
(i)(II)— 
(aa) a description of the 
standard practices for screening 
and vetting foreign nationals con-
sidered to be eligible for resettle-
ment in the United States, in-
cluding a strategy for vetting, 
and maintaining the records of, 
such foreign nationals who are 
unable to provide identification 
documents or biographic details 
due to emergency circumstances; 
(bb) a strategy for facili-
tating refugee or consular proc-
essing for such foreign nationals 
in third countries; 
(cc) clear guidance with re-
spect to which Federal agency 
has the authority and responsi-
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expected number of visas nec-
essary to provide special immi-
grant status to all approved ap-
plicants under this Act during 
the several years after the date of 
the enactment of this Act; 
(cc) an assessment as to 
whether adequate guidelines exist 
for reconsidering or reopening 
applications for special immi-
grant visas in appropriate cir-
cumstances and consistent with 
applicable laws; and 
(dd) an assessment of the 
procedures throughout the special 
immigrant visa application proc-
ess, including at the Portsmouth 
Consular Center, and the effec-
tiveness of communication be-
tween the Portsmouth Consular 
Center and applicants, including 
an identification of any area in 
which improvements to the effi-
ciency of such procedures and 
communication may be made. 
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(iii) 
FORM.—The 
report 
required 
under clause (i) shall be submitted in un-
classified form but may include a classified 
annex. 
(B) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days 
after submitting the report required by clause 
(i), the Task Force shall brief the appropriate 
committees of Congress on the contents of the 
report. 
(5) TERMINATION.—The Task Force shall re-
main in effect until the later of— 
(A) the date on which the strategy re-
quired under paragraph (4)(A)(i)(I) has been 
fully implemented; 
(B) the date of a determination by the 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary, that a task 
force is no longer necessary for the implementa-
tion of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1); or 
(C) the date that is 10 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) IMPROVING CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS.— 
Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1157) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4)(A) In the determination made under this sub-
section for each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 
1992), the President shall enumerate, with the respective 
number of refugees so determined, the number of aliens 
who were granted asylum in the previous year. 
‘‘(B) In making a determination under paragraph 
(1), the President shall consider the information in the 
most recently published projected global resettlement 
needs report published by the United Nations High Com-
missioner for Refugees.’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by amending paragraph 
(2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) A description of the number and allocation 
of the refugees to be admitted, including the ex-
pected allocation by region, and an analysis of the 
conditions within the countries from which they 
came.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following— 
‘‘(g) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON ADMISSIONS.—Not 
later than 30 days after the last day of each quarter begin-
ning the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, the President 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, 
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and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee 
on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives a report that includes the 
following: 
‘‘(1) REFUGEES ADMITTED.— 
‘‘(A) The number of refugees admitted to 
the United States during the preceding quarter. 
‘‘(B) The cumulative number of refugees 
admitted to the United States during the appli-
cable fiscal year, as of the last day of the pre-
ceding quarter. 
‘‘(C) The number of refugees expected to 
be admitted to the United States during the re-
mainder of the applicable fiscal year. 
‘‘(D) The number of refugees from each 
region admitted to the United States during the 
preceding quarter. 
‘‘(2) REFUGEE APPLICANTS WITH PENDING SE-
CURITY CHECKS.— 
‘‘(A) The number of aliens, by nationality, 
security check, and responsible vetting agency, 
for whom a National Vetting Center or other 
security check has been requested during the 
preceding quarter, and the number of aliens, by 
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nationality, for whom the check was pending 
beyond 30 days. 
‘‘(B) The number of aliens, by nationality, 
security check, and responsible vetting agency, 
for whom a National Vetting Center or other 
security check has been pending for more than 
180 days. 
‘‘(3) CIRCUIT RIDES.— 
‘‘(A) For the preceding quarter— 
‘‘(i) the number of Refugee Corps of-
ficers deployed on circuit rides and the 
overall number of Refugee Corps officers; 
‘‘(ii) the number of individuals inter-
viewed— 
‘‘(I) on each circuit ride; and 
‘‘(II) at each circuit ride location; 
‘‘(iii) the number of circuit rides; and 
‘‘(iv) for each circuit ride, the dura-
tion of the circuit ride. 
‘‘(B) For the subsequent 2 quarters— 
‘‘(i) the number of circuit rides 
planned; and 
‘‘(ii) 
the 
number 
of 
individuals 
planned to be interviewed. 
‘‘(4) PROCESSING.— 
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‘‘(A) For refugees admitted to the United 
States during the preceding quarter, the aver-
age number of days between— 
‘‘(i) the date on which an individual 
referred to the United States Government 
as a refugee applicant is interviewed by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security; and 
‘‘(ii) the date on which such individual 
is admitted to the United States. 
‘‘(B) For refugee applicants interviewed by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security in the pre-
ceding quarter, the approval, denial, rec-
ommended approval, recommended denial, and 
hold rates for the applications for admission of 
such individuals, disaggregated by nationality.’’. 
SEC. 7. SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN VULNERABLE AFGHANS RE-
LATING TO EMPLOYMENT BY OR ON BEHALF 
OF THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN REL-
ATIVES
OF
CERTAIN
MEMBERS
OF
THE
ARMED 
FORCES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(27) of the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1101(a)(27)) is amended— 
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