I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6198 
To increase support for Afghan special immigrant visa and refugee applicants, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2021 
Ms. SLOTKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To increase support for Afghan special immigrant visa and 
refugee applicants, 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 ‘‘Continued Support for 
Afghan Allies Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA 
AND REFUGEE APPLICANTS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the United States should increase support for 
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nationals of Afghanistan who aided the United States mis-
sion in Afghanistan during the past twenty years and are 
now under threat from the Taliban, specifically special im-
migrant visa applicants who are nationals of Afghanistan 
and referrals of nationals of Afghanistan to the United 
States Refugee Admissions Program, including through 
the Priority 2 Designation for nationals of Afghanistan, 
who remain in Afghanistan or are in third countries. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of State, in co-
ordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security and 
the heads of other relevant Federal departments and agen-
cies, shall— 
(1) prioritize for evacuation from Afghanistan 
bona fide special immigrant visa applicants who are 
nationals of Afghanistan and referrals of nationals 
of Afghanistan to the United States Refugee Admis-
sions Program, including through the Priority 2 
Designation for nationals of Afghanistan; 
(2) facilitate the rapid departure of such indi-
viduals from Afghanistan by air charter and land 
passage; 
(3) provide letters of support, diplomatic notes 
and other documentation, as appropriate, to ease 
transit of such individuals; 
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(4) engage governments of relevant countries to 
better facilitate evacuation; 
(5) disseminate frequent updates to such indi-
viduals and relevant nongovernmental organizations; 
(6) identify or establish sufficient locations out-
side of Afghanistan that will accept such individuals 
during application processing; and 
(7) further surge capacity to better support 
such individuals and reduce their application proc-
essing times, while ensuring strict and necessary se-
curity vetting, including, to the extent practicable, 
enabling refugee referrals to initiate application 
processes while still in Afghanistan. 
(c) STRATEGY AND REPORTING.—The Secretary of 
State, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity and the heads of other relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, shall submit to the committees on 
Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, Homeland Security, and 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 
committees on Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs, and Armed Services 
of the Senate the following: 
(1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a strategy, with a classified 
annex if necessary, to safely process nationals of Af-
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ghanistan abroad who have pending special immi-
grant visa applications and refugee referrals, which 
strategy shall include steps by the United States 
Government to carry out each of paragraphs (1) 
through (7) of subsection (b). 
(2) Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every month thereafter 
until December 31, 2022, a report, with a classified 
annex if necessary, that includes the following: 
(A) The number of nationals of Afghani-
stan— 
(i) referred to the United States Ref-
ugee Admissions Program through Priority 
1 and Priority 2 referrals, including wheth-
er such individuals remain in Afghanistan 
or outside Afghanistan, and the number of 
refugee applications for such individuals 
that are approved, denied, and pending; 
and 
(ii) who have pending special immi-
grant visa applications who remain in Af-
ghanistan 
or 
in 
a 
third 
country, 
disaggregated by the special immigrant 
visa processing steps completed with re-
spect to such individuals. 
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(B) Steps taken to implement each element 
of the strategy described in paragraph (1). 
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