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SEC. 311. For fiscal years 2021 and 2022, subject to 
the approval of the Chairs and Ranking Members of Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may accept con-
tributions of, and may incur obligations and make expendi-
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and services necessary to respond to an emergency involving 
the safety of human life or the protection of property, as 
determined or declared by the Capitol Police Board, which 
may be provided for the use of any office which is located 
within any building, grounds, or facility for which the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol is responsible for the maintenance, 
care, and operation, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable 
basis subject to the availability of funds. 
TITLE IV 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee 
Assistance’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to address humanitarian needs in Afghanistan and 
to assist Afghan refugees: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
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quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION 
ASSISTANCE FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Emer-
gency 
Refugee 
and 
Migration 
Assistance 
Fund’’, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, notwith-
standing section 2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee As-
sistance Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)): 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF THE AFGHAN SPECIAL 
IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM 
SEC. 401. (a) Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Pro-
tection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) 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—
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‘‘(I) by, or on behalf of, the 
United States Government; or 
‘‘(II) by the International Secu-
rity Assistance Force (or any successor 
name for such Force) in a capacity 
that required the alien— 
‘‘(aa) while traveling off-base 
with United States military per-
sonnel stationed at the Inter-
national 
Security 
Assistance 
Force (or any successor name for 
such Force), to serve as an inter-
preter or translator for such 
United States military personnel; 
or 
‘‘(bb) to perform activities 
for the United States military 
personnel 
stationed 
at 
Inter-
national 
Security 
Assistance 
Force (or any successor name for 
such Force);’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(I)(bb)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subitem 
(AA), by inserting ‘‘per denial or revoca-
tion’’ after ‘‘written appeal’’; and
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(ii) in subitem (AA), by inserting ‘‘or 
thereafter at the discretion of the Secretary 
of State’’ after ‘‘in writing’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(F)— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘exhausted,,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘exhausted,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘26,500’’ and inserting 
‘‘34,500’’; 
(C) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023;’’; and 
(D) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023;’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing Chief of Mission approval,’’ after ‘‘so that all 
steps’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (13), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘January 31, 2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2024’’. 
(b) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The amount pro-
vided by this section is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report, including a classified annex, if nec-
essary, on the Afghan special immigrant visa pro-
gram as described in Section 602(b) of the Afghan Al-
lies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) and 
Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act of 2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) The total number of visas issued under 
such program, disaggregated by fiscal year. 
(B) With respect to principal aliens issued 
special immigrant visas under such program, a 
description of the types of roles performed for 
which such aliens earned eligibility for such 
visas. 
(C) Information regarding the average proc-
essing times for visa applicants under such pro-
gram, disaggregated by the fiscal year in which
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visa applications under the program were sub-
mitted. 
(D) The number of individuals who have 
pending applications for visas under such pro-
gram, including— 
(1) The number of individuals approved of the 
total number of applications processed by the Chief of 
Mission; and 
(2) The number of successful appeals of the total 
number of application appeals filed. 
(E) The estimated total number of individ-
uals who have performed the requisite employ-
ment to apply for a visa under such program, 
but who have not yet applied for or received a 
visa, including a description of the methodology 
used to create such an estimate. 
(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
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(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives. 
WAIVER OF MEDICAL EXAMINATION FOR AFGHAN ALLIES 
SEC. 402. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of Homeland Security may jointly 
issue a blanket waiver of the requirement that aliens de-
scribed in section 602(b)(2) of the Afghan Allies Protection 
Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101) undergo a medical exam under 
section 221(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1201(d)), or any other applicable provision of law, 
prior to issuance of an immigrant visa or admission to the 
United States. 
(b) DURATION.—A waiver under subsection (a) shall 
be for a period of 1 year, and, subject to subsection (g), 
may be extended by the Secretary of State and Secretary 
of Homeland Security for additional periods, each of which 
shall not exceed 1 year. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Upon exercising the waiver au-
thority under subsection (a), or the authority to extend a 
waiver under subsection (b), the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees.
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(d) REQUIREMENT
FOR
MEDICAL
EXAMINATION 
AFTER ADMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, shall establish procedures to en-
sure, to the greatest extent practicable, that any alien 
who receives a waiver of the medical examination re-
quirement under this section completes such an exam 
not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
alien is admitted to the United States. 
(2) CONDITIONAL BASIS FOR STATUS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, an alien who receives a 
waiver of the medical examination requirement 
under this section shall be considered, at the time 
of admission to the United States, as an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence on a 
conditional basis. 
(B) REMOVAL
OF
CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall remove the 
conditional basis of the alien’s status upon the 
Secretary’s confirmation that such alien has 
completed the medical examination and is not 
inadmissible under section 212(a)(1)(A) of the
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Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(1)(A)). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date on which the waiver authority under subsection 
(a) is exercised, or such waiver is extended under sub-
section (b), as applicable, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the status of 
medical examinations required under paragraph (1), 
including— 
(A) the number of pending and completed 
examinations; and 
(B) the number of aliens who have failed to 
complete the medical examination within the 30- 
day period after the date of such aliens’ admis-
sion. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign 
Relations, and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign
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Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security of 
the House of Representatives. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to prevent the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, or 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services from adopting 
appropriate measures to prevent the spread of commu-
nicable diseases, including COVID–19, to the United States. 
(g) SUNSET.—The authority under subsections (a) and 
(b) expires on the date that is 3 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(h) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The amount pro-
vided by this section is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING 
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN 
SEC. 403. (a) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.— 
Section 101(a)(27)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘an immigrant who is an em-
ployee’’ and inserting ‘‘an immigrant who— 
‘‘(i) is an employee’’; and
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(2) by striking ‘‘grant such status;’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘grant such status; or 
‘‘(ii) is the surviving spouse or child of 
an employee of the United States Govern-
ment abroad: Provided, That the employee 
performed faithful service for a total of not 
less than 15 years or was killed in the line 
of duty;’’. 
(b) AFGHAN ALLIES PROTECTION ACT OF 2009.—Sec-
tion 602(b)(2)(C) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 
2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by redesignating subclauses (I) 
and (II) as items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and 
moving such items 2 ems to the right; 
(2) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as sub-
clauses (I) and (II), respectively, and moving such 
subclauses 2 ems to the right; 
(3) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as re-
designated, by striking ‘‘An alien is described’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—An alien is 
described’’; 
(4) in clause (i)(I), as redesignated, by striking 
‘‘who had a petition for classification approved’’ and