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(A) be carried out in countries in which the President— 
(i) determines that there is an adequate level of 
partner country commitment; and 
(ii) has considered partner country needs, absorp-
tive capacity, sustainment capacity, and efforts of other 
donors in the sector; 
(B) have clearly defined outcomes; 
(C) be closely coordinated among relevant participating 
departments and agencies; 
(D) have specific plans with robust indicators to regu-
larly monitor and evaluate outcomes and impact; 
(E) complement and enhance efforts to promote demo-
cratic governance, the rule of law, human rights, and eco-
nomic growth; 
(F) in the case of train and equip programs, com-
plement longer-term security sector institution-building; 
and 
(G) have mechanisms in place to track resources and 
routinely monitor and evaluate the efficacy of relevant 
programs. 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 15 days 
before obligating amounts for an activity conducted pursuant 
to the Program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State 
shall notify the appropriate congressional committees, in 
accordance with section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394–1), of— 
(A) the foreign country and entity, as applicable, whose 
capabilities are to be enhanced in accordance with the 
purposes described in paragraph (1); 
(B) the amount, type, and purpose of support to be 
provided; 
(C) the absorptive capacity of the foreign country to 
effectively implement the assistance to be provided; 
(D) the extent to which state security forces of the 
foreign country have been implicated in gross violations 
of human rights and the risk that obligated funds may 
be used to perpetrate further abuses; 
(E) the anticipated implementation timeline for the 
activity; and 
(F) the plans to sustain any military or security equip-
ment provided beyond the completion date of such activity, 
if applicable, and the estimated cost and source of funds 
to support such sustainment. 
(4) EXCEPTION.—The requirement under paragraph (1) does 
not apply to activities conducted by the Department of Defense 
pursuant to title 10, United States Code. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION.—Efforts carried out under 
this section— 
(1) shall take into account partner country counterter-
rorism, counter-extremism, and development strategies; 
(2) shall be aligned with such strategies, to the extent 
practicable; and 
(3) shall be coordinated with counterterrorism and counter- 
extremism activities and programs in the areas of defense, 
diplomacy, and development carried out by other like-minded 
donors and international organizations in the relevant country. 
(d) STRATEGIES.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President and other relevant 
Federal Government agencies, shall submit the strategies 
described in paragraphs (2) and (3) to the appropriate congres-
sional committees. 
(2) COMPREHENSIVE, 5-YEAR
STRATEGY
FOR
THE
SAHEL- 
MAGHREB.—The President shall develop a comprehensive, 5- 
year strategy for the Sahel-Maghreb, including details related 
to interagency efforts conducted pursuant to the Program in 
the areas of security, diplomacy, and development to advance 
the national security, economic, and humanitarian interests 
of the United States, including— 
(A) efforts to ensure coordination with multilateral and 
bilateral partners, such as the Joint Force of the Group 
of Five of the Sahel, and with other relevant assistance 
frameworks; 
(B) a public diplomacy strategy and actions to ensure 
that populations in the Sahel-Maghreb are aware of the 
development activities of the United States Government, 
especially in countries with a significant United States 
Government presence or engagement through train and 
equip programs; 
(C) activities aimed at supporting democratic institu-
tions and countering violent extremism with measurable 
goals and transparent benchmarks; 
(D) plans to help each partner country address humani-
tarian and development needs and to help prevent, respond 
to, and mitigate intercommunal violence; 
(E) a comprehensive plan to support security sector 
reform in each partner country that includes a detailed 
section on programs and activities being undertaken by 
relevant stakeholders and other international actors oper-
ating in the sector; and 
(F) a specific strategy for Mali that includes plans 
for sustained, high-level diplomatic engagement with stake-
holders, including countries in Europe and the Middle East 
with interests in the Sahel-Maghreb, regional governments, 
relevant multilateral organizations, signatory groups of the 
Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in Mali, done in 
Algiers July 24, 2014, and civil society actors. 
(3) COMPREHENSIVE
5-YEAR
STRATEGY
FOR
PROGRAM 
COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS.—The President shall develop a 
comprehensive 5-year strategy for the Program that includes— 
(A) a clear statement of the objectives of United States 
counterterrorism efforts in North Africa and West Africa 
with respect to the use of assistance to combat terrorism 
and counter violent extremism, including efforts— 
(i) to build military and civilian law enforcement 
capacity; 
(ii) to strengthen the rule of law; 
(iii) to promote responsive and accountable govern-
ance; and 
(iv) to address the root causes of terrorism and 
violent extremism; 
(B) a plan for coordinating programs through the Pro-
gram pursuant to subsection (b)(1), including identifying 
the agency or bureau of the Department of State, as
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applicable, that will be responsible for leading and coordi-
nating each such program; 
(C) a plan to monitor, evaluate, and share data and 
learning about the Program in accordance with monitoring 
and evaluation provisions under sections 3 and 4 of the 
Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 
(22 U.S.C. 2394c note and 2394c); and 
(D) a plan for ensuring coordination and compliance 
with related requirements in United States law, including 
the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (22 U.S.C. 9801 et seq.). 
(4) CONSULTATION.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall consult 
with the appropriate congressional committees regarding the 
progress made towards developing the strategies required under 
paragraphs (2) and (3). 
(e) SUPPORTING MATERIAL IN ANNUAL BUDGET REQUEST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall include a 
description of the requirements, activities, and planned alloca-
tion of amounts requested by the Program in the budget mate-
rials submitted to Congress in support of the President’s annual 
budget request pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 
States Code, for each fiscal year beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for the fol-
lowing 5 years. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirement under paragraph (1) 
shall not apply to activities of the Department of Defense 
conducted pursuant to authorities under title 10, United States 
Code. 
(f) MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI-
TIES.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the 
President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that describes— 
(1) the progress made in meeting the objectives of the 
strategies required under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection 
(d), including any lessons learned in carrying out Program 
activities and any recommendations for improving such pro-
grams and activities; 
(2) the efforts taken to coordinate, de-conflict, and stream-
line Program activities to maximize resource effectiveness; 
(3) the extent to which each partner country has dem-
onstrated the ability to absorb the equipment or training pro-
vided in the previous year under the Program, and as 
applicable, the ability to maintain and appropriately utilize 
such equipment; 
(4) the extent to which each partner country is investing 
its own resources to advance the goals described in subsection 
(b)(1) or is demonstrating a commitment and willingness to 
cooperate with the United States to advance such goals; 
(5) the actions taken by the government of each partner 
country receiving assistance under the Program to combat 
corruption, improve transparency and accountability, and pro-
mote other forms of democratic governance; 
(6) the extent to which state security forces in each partner 
country have been implicated in gross violations of human 
rights during the reporting period, including how such gross
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violations of human rights have been addressed and or will 
be addressed through Program activities; 
(7) the assistance provided in each of the 3 preceding 
fiscal years under the Program, broken down by partner 
country, including the type, statutory authorization, and pur-
pose of assistance provided to the country; and 
(8) any changes or updates to the Comprehensive 5-Year 
Strategy for the Program required under subsection (d)(3) 
necessitated by the findings in this annual report. 
(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENT RELATED TO AUDIT OF BUREAU 
OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS MONITORING
AND COORDINATION
OF
THE 
TRANS-SAHARA COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
and every 120 days thereafter until the earlier of the date on 
which all 13 recommendations in the September 2020 Department 
of State Office of Inspector General audit entitled ‘‘Audit of the 
Department of State Bureau of African Affairs Monitoring and 
Coordination of the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership 
Program’’ (AUD–MERO–20–42) are closed or the date that is 3 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that identifies— 
(1) which of the 13 recommendations in AUD–MERO–20– 
42 have not been closed; 
(2) a description of progress made since the last report 
toward closing each recommendation identified under para-
graph (1); 
(3) additional resources needed, including assessment of 
staffing capacity, if any, to complete action required to close 
each recommendation identified under paragraph (1); and 
(4) the anticipated timeline for completion of action 
required to close each recommendation identified under para-
graph (1), including application of all recommendations into 
all existing security assistance programs managed by the 
Department of State under the Program. 
(h) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit a report to Congress that describes plans for conducting 
a written review of a representative sample of each of the security 
assistance programs administered by the Bureau of African Affairs 
that— 
(1) identifies potential waste, fraud, abuse, inefficiencies, 
or deficiencies; and 
(2) includes an analysis of staff capacity, including human 
resource needs, available resources, procedural guidance, and 
monitoring and evaluation processes to ensure that the Bureau 
of African Affairs is managing programs efficiently and effec-
tively. 
(i) FORM.—The strategies required under paragraphs (2) and 
(3) of subsection (d) and the report required under subsection (f) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 105. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this division may be construed as authorizing the 
use of military force.
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DIVISION BB—EB–5 REFORM AND 
INTEGRITY ACT OF 2022 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘EB–5 Reform and Integrity 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 102. EB–5 VISA REFORMS. 
(a) EMPLOYMENT CREATION.—Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘(C), and’’ and inserting 
‘‘(C) and which is expected to remain invested for not 
less than 2 years; and’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and create’’ and inserting ‘‘by cre-
ating’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, United States nationals,’’ after 
‘‘citizens’’; 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) DESIGNATIONS AND RESERVED VISAS.— 
‘‘(i) RESERVED VISAS.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Of the visas made available 
under this paragraph in each fiscal year— 
‘‘(aa) 20 percent shall be reserved for 
qualified immigrants who invest in a rural 
area; 
‘‘(bb) 10 percent shall be reserved for 
qualified immigrants who invest in an area 
designated by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security under clause (ii) as a high unemploy-
ment area; and 
‘‘(cc) 2 percent shall be reserved for quali-
fied immigrants who invest in infrastructure 
projects. 
‘‘(II) UNUSED VISAS.— 
‘‘(aa) CARRYOVER.—At the end of each 
fiscal year, any unused visas reserved for 
qualified immigrants investing in each of the 
categories described in items (aa) through (cc) 
of subclause (I) shall remain available within 
the same category for the immediately suc-
ceeding fiscal year. 
‘‘(bb) 
GENERAL
AVAILABILITY.—Visas 
described in items (aa) through (cc) of sub-
clause (I) that are not issued by the end of 
the succeeding fiscal year referred to in item 
(aa) shall be made available to qualified 
immigrants described under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) DESIGNATION OF HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AREA.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security, or a designee of the Secretary who is 
an employee of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, may designate, as a high unemployment area, 
a census tract, or contiguous census tracts, in 
which—
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‘‘(bb) any official of a State or local govern-
ment.’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and all that 
follows 
through 
‘‘previous 
sentence’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$1,050,000’’; 
(B) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows: 
‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENT
FOR
TARGETED
EMPLOYMENT 
AREAS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.—The amount 
of capital required under subparagraph (A) for an 
investment in a targeted employment area or in an 
infrastructure project shall be $800,000.’’; 
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 
(D) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 
‘‘(iii) AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT IN MINIMUM INVEST-
MENT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning on January 1, 
2027, and every 5 years thereafter, the amount 
in clause (i) shall automatically adjust for petitions 
filed on or after the effective date of each adjust-
ment, based on the cumulative annual percentage 
change in the unadjusted consumer price index 
for all urban consumers (all items; U.S. city aver-
age) reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
between January 1, 2022, and the date of adjust-
ment. The qualifying investment amounts shall 
be rounded down to the nearest $50,000. The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall update such 
amounts by publication of a technical amendment 
in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(II) Beginning on January 1, 2027, and every 
5 years thereafter, the amount in clause (ii) shall 
automatically adjust for petitions filed on or after 
the effective date of each adjustment, to be equal 
to 75 percent of the standard investment amount 
under subclause (I).’’; and 
(E) in clause (iv), as redesignated, in the undesignated 
matter following subclause (II)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and inserting 
‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, as adjusted under clause (iii)’’ 
before the period at the end; and 
(4) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows: 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) AFFILIATED JOB-CREATING ENTITY.—The term 
‘affiliated job-creating entity’ means any job-creating 
entity that is controlled, managed, or owned by any 
of the people involved with the regional center or new 
commercial enterprise under section 203(b)(5)(H)(v). 
‘‘(ii) CAPITAL.—The term ‘capital’— 
‘‘(I) means cash and all real, personal, or mixed 
tangible assets owned and controlled by the alien 
investor, or held in trust for the benefit of the 
alien and to which the alien has unrestricted 
access;
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‘‘(II) shall be valued at fair market value in 
United States dollars, in accordance with Gen-
erally Accepted Accounting Principles or other 
standard accounting practice adopted by the Secu-
rities and Exchange Commission, at the time it 
is invested under this paragraph; 
‘‘(III) does not include— 
‘‘(aa) assets directly or indirectly acquired 
by unlawful means, including any cash pro-
ceeds of indebtedness secured by such assets; 
‘‘(bb) capital invested in exchange for a 
note, bond, convertible debt, obligation, or any 
other debt arrangement between the alien 
investor and the new commercial enterprise; 
‘‘(cc) capital invested with a guaranteed 
rate of return on the amount invested by the 
alien investor; or 
‘‘(dd) except as provided in subclause (IV), 
capital invested that is subject to any agree-
ment between the alien investor and the new 
commercial 
enterprise 
that 
provides 
the 
investor with a contractual right to repayment, 
such as a mandatory redemption at a certain 
time or upon the occurrence of a certain event, 
or a put or sell-back option held by the alien 
investor, even if such contractual right is 
contingent on the success of the new commer-
cial enterprise, such as having sufficient avail-
able cash flow; and 
‘‘(IV) includes capital invested that— 
‘‘(aa) is subject to a buy back option that 
may be exercised solely at the discretion of 
the new commercial enterprise; and 
‘‘(bb) results in the alien investor with-
drawing his or her petition unless the alien 
investor has fulfilled his or her sustainment 
period and other requirements under this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(iii) CERTIFIER.—The term ‘certifier’ means a per-
son in a position of substantive authority for the 
management or operations of a regional center, new 
commercial enterprise, affiliated job-creating entity, or 
issuer of securities, such as a principal executive officer 
or principal financial officer, with knowledge of such 
entities’ policies and procedures related to compliance 
with the requirements under this paragraph. 
‘‘(iv) INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.—The term ‘infra-
structure project’ means a capital investment project 
in a filed or approved business plan, which is adminis-
tered by a governmental entity (such as a Federal, 
State, or local agency or authority) that is the job- 
creating entity contracting with a regional center or 
new commercial enterprise to receive capital invest-
ment under the regional center program described in 
subparagraph (E) from alien investors or the new 
commercial enterprise as financing for maintaining, 
improving, or constructing a public works project.
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‘‘(v) JOB-CREATING ENTITY.—The term ‘job-creating 
entity’ means any organization formed in the United 
States for the ongoing conduct of lawful business, 
including sole proprietorship, partnership (whether 
limited or general), corporation, limited liability com-
pany, business trust, or other entity, which may be 
publicly or privately owned, including an entity con-
sisting of a holding company and its wholly owned 
subsidiaries or affiliates (provided that each subsidiary 
or affiliate is engaged in an activity formed for the 
ongoing conduct of a lawful business) that receives, 
or is established to receive, capital investment from 
alien investors or a new commercial enterprise under 
the regional center program described in this subpara-
graph and which is responsible for creating jobs to 
satisfy the requirement under subparagraph (A)(ii). 
‘‘(vi) NEW
COMMERCIAL
ENTERPRISE.—The term 
‘new commercial enterprise’ means any for-profit 
organization formed in the United States for the 
ongoing conduct of lawful business, including sole 
proprietorship, partnership (whether limited or gen-
eral), holding company and its wholly owned subsidi-
aries (provided that each subsidiary is engaged in a 
for-profit activity formed for the ongoing conduct of 
a lawful business), joint venture, corporation, business 
trust, limited liability company, or other entity (which 
may be publicly or privately owned) that receives, or 
is established to receive, capital investment from inves-
tors under this paragraph. 
‘‘(vii) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ means 
any area other than an area within a metropolitan 
statistical area (as designated by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget) or within the outer 
boundary of any city or town having a population of 
20,000 or more (based on the most recent decennial 
census of the United States). 
‘‘(viii) TARGETED
EMPLOYMENT
AREA.—The term 
‘targeted employment area’ means, at the time of 
investment, a rural area or an area designated by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security under subpara-
graph (B)(ii) as a high unemployment area.’’. 
(b) AGE DETERMINATION FOR CHILDREN OF ALIEN INVESTORS.— 
Section 203(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) AGE DETERMINATION FOR CHILDREN OF ALIEN INVES-
TORS.—An alien who has reached 21 years of age and has 
been admitted under subsection (d) as a lawful permanent 
resident on a conditional basis as the child of an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence under subsection (b)(5), 
whose lawful permanent resident status on a conditional basis 
is terminated under section 216A or subsection (b)(5)(M), shall 
continue to be considered a child of the principal alien for 
the purpose of a subsequent immigrant petition by such alien 
under subsection (b)(5) if the alien remains unmarried and 
the subsequent petition is filed by the principal alien not later 
than 1 year after the termination of conditional lawful perma-
nent resident status. No alien shall be considered a child under
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this paragraph with respect to more than 1 petition filed after 
the alien reaches 21 years of age.’’. 
(c) ENHANCED PAY SCALE FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
ADMINISTERING THE EMPLOYMENT CREATION PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security may establish, fix the compensation 
of, and appoint individuals to designated critical, technical, and 
professional positions needed to administer sections 203(b)(5) and 
216A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5) 
and 1186b). 
(d) CONCURRENT FILING OF EB–5 PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS 
FOR ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.—Section 245 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (k), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘or (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3), or (5)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) If the approval of a petition for classification under section 
203(b)(5) would make a visa immediately available to the alien 
beneficiary, the alien beneficiary’s application for adjustment of 
status under this section shall be considered to be properly filed 
whether the application is submitted concurrently with, or subse-
quent to, the visa petition.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 103. REAUTHORIZATION AND REFORM OF THE REGIONAL CENTER 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 610 of the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1993 (8 U.S.C. 1153 note) is repealed. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(b)(5) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(5)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) REGIONAL CENTER PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Visas under this subparagraph 
shall be made available through September 30, 2027, 
to qualified immigrants (and the eligible spouses and 
children of such immigrants) pooling their investments 
with 1 or more qualified immigrants participating in 
a program implementing this paragraph that involves 
a regional center in the United States, which has been 
designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security on 
the basis of a proposal for the promotion of economic 
growth, 
including 
prospective 
job 
creation 
and 
increased domestic capital investment. 
‘‘(ii) PROCESSING.—In processing petitions under 
section 204(a)(1)(H) for classification under this para-
graph, the Secretary of Homeland Security— 
‘‘(I) shall prioritize the processing and adju-
dication of petitions for rural areas; 
‘‘(II) may process petitions in a manner and 
order established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(III) shall deem such petitions to include 
records previously filed with the Secretary pursu-
ant to subparagraph (F) if the alien petitioner 
certifies that such records are incorporated by ref-
erence into the alien’s petition.