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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5482 
To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act to provide special immigrant 
visas to certain Fullbright Scholars, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 5, 2021 
Mr. GARAMENDI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act to provide special 
immigrant visas to certain Fullbright Scholars, 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 ‘‘Special Immigrant 
Visas for Afghan Fulbright Scholars Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN FUL-
BRIGHT SCHOLARS. 
Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act 
of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(14) as paragraphs (5) through (15), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) FULBRIGHT
SCHOLARS
AS
A
PRINCIPAL 
ALIEN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An alien is described 
in this subparagraph if the alien— 
‘‘(i) is a citizen or national of Afghan-
istan; and 
‘‘(ii) was selected on or after October 
7, 2001, to participate in— 
‘‘(I) the J. William Fulbright 
Educational Exchange Program au-
thorized under section 102 of the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change 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 sec-
tion 112(a)(2) of the Mutual Edu-
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cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460(a)(2)); 
‘‘(III) the International Visitors 
Leadership Program pursuant to sec-
tion 112(a)(3) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460(a)(3)); or 
‘‘(IV) any other educational or 
cultural exchange activity adminis-
tered by the Secretary of State pursu-
ant to sections 102 or 112 of the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Ex-
change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452; 
22 U.S.C. 2460) for which the Sec-
retary determines that a participating 
alien is eligible for a special immi-
grant visa under this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) SPOUSE OR CHILD.— 
‘‘(i) Is the spouse or child of a prin-
cipal alien described in subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(ii) is accompanying or following to 
join the principal alien in the United 
States. 
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‘‘(C) NUMERICAL
LIMITATIONS.—A prin-
cipal alien provided special immigrant status 
under this paragraph shall not count towards 
the total number of principal aliens who may be 
provided special immigrant status under this 
section pursuant to paragraph (3)(F) but may, 
as applicable, count towards the total number 
of principal aliens who have received a visa 
under the unused balance of visas pursuant to 
subparagraph (D) or (E) of paragraph (3).’’. 
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