I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4594 
To provide for a 1-year extension of the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa 
Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2014 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. REICHERT) introduced 
the following bill; which was 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Afghan Allies Protec-
tion Extension Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF AFGHAN SPECIAL 
IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM. 
Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act 
of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by amending clause (ii) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(ii) was or is employed in Afghani-
stan on or after October 7, 2001, for not 
less than 1 year— 
‘‘(I) by, or on behalf of, the 
United States Government; 
‘‘(II) by, or on behalf of, an orga-
nization or entity closely associated 
with the United States mission in Af-
ghanistan that has received United 
States Government funding through 
an official and documented contract, 
award, grant, or cooperative agree-
ment, including the International Se-
curity Assistance Force; or 
‘‘(III) by, or on behalf of, a 
media or nongovernmental organiza-
tion headquartered in the United 
States;’’; 
(ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘the 
United States Government’’ and inserting 
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‘‘an entity or organization described in 
clause (ii)’’; and 
(iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘by the 
United States Government’’ and inserting 
‘‘described in clause (ii)’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) FAMILY MEMBERS.—An alien is de-
scribed in this subparagraph if the alien is— 
‘‘(i) the spouse or minor child of a 
principal alien described in subparagraph 
(A) who is accompanying or following to 
join the principal alien in the United 
States; or 
‘‘(ii)(I) the spouse, child, parent, or 
sibling of a principal alien described in 
subparagraph (A), whether or not accom-
panying or following to join; and 
‘‘(II) has experienced or is experi-
encing an ongoing serious threat as a con-
sequence of the qualifying employment of a 
principal alien described in subparagraph 
(A).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by amending subpara-
graph (D) to read as follows: 
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‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL
FISCAL
YEARS.—For 
each of fiscal years 2014 and 2015, the total 
number of principal aliens who may be provided 
special immigrant status under this section may 
not exceed 3,000 per year, except that— 
‘‘(i) 
notwithstanding 
subparagraph 
(C), any unused balance of the total num-
ber of principal aliens who may be pro-
vided special immigrant status in fiscal 
years 2014 and 2015 may be carried for-
ward and provided through December 31, 
2016; 
‘‘(ii) the 1-year period during which 
an alien must have been employed in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall be 
the period from October 7, 2001, through 
December 31, 2014; and 
‘‘(iii) the principal alien seeking spe-
cial immigrant status under this subpara-
graph shall apply to the Chief of Mission 
in accordance with paragraph (2)(D) not 
later than December 31, 2015.’’. 
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