issued such visas or be admitted to the United States 
as a result of certain Presidential Proclamations, 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 ‘‘Keeping Our Promise 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ALIENS PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED DIVERSITY VISAS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 
204(a)(1)(I)(ii)(II) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(I)(ii)(II)), and subject to sub-
section (c) of this section, an immigrant visa made avail-
able to an alien under section 203(c) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)) in any of fiscal 
years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022 shall remain 
available to such alien if— 
(1) the alien was refused a visa or denied ad-
mission to the United States solely because of— 
(A) Executive Order 13769, ‘‘Protecting 
the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into 
The United States’’ (January 27, 2017); 
(B) Executive Order 13780, ‘‘Protecting 
the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into 
the United States’’ (March 6, 2017); 
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(C) Proclamation 9645, ‘‘Enhancing Vet-
ting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting 
Attempted Entry into the United States by 
Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats’’ 
(September 24, 2017); or 
(D) Proclamation 9983, ‘‘Improving En-
hanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for 
Detecting Attempted Entry into the United 
States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety 
Threats’’ (January 31, 2020); or 
(2) because of the COVID–19 public health 
emergency— 
(A) the alien was unable to receive a visa 
interview despite submitting an Online Immi-
grant Visa and Alien Registration Application 
(Form DS–260) to the Secretary of State, and 
having submitted complete documentation or 
having qualified for such a visa on or before 
September 30 of the applicable fiscal year; or 
(B) the alien was unable to be admitted to 
the United States despite being approved for a 
visa under section 203(c) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)). 
(b) OBLIGATIONS OF THE SECRETARY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall— 
(A) notify each alien described in sub-
section (a) (and such alien’s representative, if 
applicable) of their continuing eligibility to 
apply for a visa under section 203(c) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1153(c)); and 
(B) publish on the Department of State 
website, information and procedures imple-
menting this Act. 
(2) NOTICE.—The notice described in para-
graph (1)(A) shall include procedures for the alien 
to notify the Secretary of State of the alien’s intent 
to proceed with or abandon the application, and 
shall include an advisal that such application shall 
be deemed abandoned if the alien fails to notify the 
Secretary of the alien’s intent to proceed within one 
year of the date of the notice. 
(c) LIMITATION ON VISA ELIGIBILITY.—An alien de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall remain eligible to receive 
such visa until the earliest of the date that the alien— 
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(1) notifies the Secretary of the alien’s intent to 
abandon the application in accordance with the pro-
cedures described in subsection (b); 
(2) fails to respond to the notice described in 
subsection (b)(2); or 
(3) is refused a visa by a consular officer— 
(A) for failure to meet the education or 
work experience requirements under section 
203(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(c)(2)); 
(B) for failure to meet the requirements 
under section 204(a)(1)(I)(iii) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(I)(iii)); or 
(C) on grounds that the alien is inadmis-
sible under section 212(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)). 
(d) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (2) and (3), visas issued to aliens under this 
Act shall be counted against the numerical limitation 
described in section 201(e) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e)) for the fiscal 
year in which such visas were made available to such 
aliens. 
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(2) 
UNUSED
VISAS.—Visas 
under 
section 
201(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1151(e)) that go unused in any of fiscal 
years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, or 2022 may 
be allocated to aliens described in subsection (a) re-
gardless of the fiscal year in which such alien’s visa 
was made available. 
(3) OVERAGE.—In the case that the total num-
ber of aliens described in subsection (a) who are eli-
gible for visas exceeds the total number of visas 
under section 201(e) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e)) for fiscal years 
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, such ex-
cess number shall not be counted against the numer-
ical limitation described in such section 201(e). 
(e) AGE OUT PROTECTIONS.—A determination of 
whether an unmarried son or daughter of the visa appli-
cant is eligible to apply as a child of the visa applicant 
pursuant to section 203(d) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(d)) shall be made using the 
age of the unmarried son or daughter when the applicant 
was initially selected for a visa in accordance with section 
203(e)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 10 1153(e)(2)). 
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(f) PRIORITIZATION.—The prioritization of visa serv-
ices, as among visa classifications and other consular serv-
ices, is within the sole unreviewable discretion of the Sec-
retary of State. To the extent possible, the Secretary of 
State shall process applications in the rank order origi-
nally designated, consistent with applicable regulations. 
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