I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1832 
To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act to provide special immigrant 
visas to certain Fulbright Scholars, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2023 
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 Fulbright 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 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN FUL-
BRIGHT SCHOLARS. 
(a) SPECIAL
IMMIGRANT
VISAS
FOR
CERTAIN 
SCHOLARS.—Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protec-
tion Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘an alien de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 
‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (E)’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 
(C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (C), 
(D), (E), (F), and (G), respectively; 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following: 
‘‘(B) FULBRIGHT AND OTHER SCHOLARS 
AS PRINCIPAL ALIEN.—An alien is described in 
this subparagraph if the alien is a national or 
citizen of Afghanistan and was selected between 
October 7, 2001 and August 31, 2023, to par-
ticipate in— 
‘‘(i) the J. William Fulbright Edu-
cational Exchange Program authorized 
under section 102 of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(1)) including the 
Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Grants and 
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the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching 
Assistant Program; 
‘‘(ii) the Hubert H. Humphrey Fel-
lowship Program pursuant to section 
112(a)(2) of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2460(a)(2)); 
‘‘(iii) the International Visitor Leader-
ship 
Program 
pursuant 
to 
section 
112(a)(3) of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2460(a)(3)); or 
‘‘(iv) any other educational or cultural 
exchange activity administered by the Sec-
retary of State pursuant to sections 102 or 
112 of the Mutual Educational and Cul-
tural Exchange 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 immigrant visa 
under this paragraph.’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or 
(B)’’; and 
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(E) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (A)’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ‘‘an alien 
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘an alien de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’; 
(5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘an alien de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’; 
and 
(6) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘an alien de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘an alien described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)’’. 
(b) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 602(b)(3) of 
the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 
note) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), 
(D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), 
(F), and (G), respectively; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(D)’’; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) FULBRIGHT
AND
OTHER
SCHOL-
ARS.—An alien provided immigrant status pur-
suant to subparagraph (2)(B) shall not be 
counted against any numerical limitation under 
this section, or section 201, 202, 203, or 207 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1157).’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1),— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (C)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)(D)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(E)’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1),— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)(D)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(E)’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ each 
place that it appears and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (E)’’; and 
(6) in subparagraph (G), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (D)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraph (E)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘subparagraphs (D) and 
(E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (E) and 
(F)’’; and 
(C) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(E)’’. 
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