Title: Showing American Values by Evacuating (SAVE) Afghan Partners Act of 2021
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Showing American Values by Evacuating (SAVE) Afghan Partners Act of 2021
This bill increases the number of special immigrant visas available to qualified Afghan nationals who worked for the U.S. government or the NATO missions in Afghanistan.
Specifically, this bill makes available an additional 10,000 visas for principal aliens under this special visa program, to be available until all such visas have been issued. (The numerical limitations in this program apply only to the principal alien who applies for the visa, not to any accompanying spouse or child.)

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5134 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5134

 To make 10,000 visas available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 31, 2021

 Mr. Crow (for himself and Mr. Meijer) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make 10,000 visas available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa 
                    program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Showing American Values by 
Evacuating (SAVE) Afghan Partners Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. STATUS OF AFGHANS EMPLOYED SUBJECT TO A GRANT OR COOPERATIVE 
              AGREEMENT.

    Section 602(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 
2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by inserting after ``United States 
Government'' the following ``, including employment or other work in 
Afghanistan through a cooperative agreement or grant funded by the 
United States Government if the Secretary of State determines, based on 
a recommendation from the Federal agency or organization authorizing 
such funding, that such alien contributed to the United States mission 
in Afghanistan''.

SEC. 3. AFGHAN ALLIES PROTECTION ACT.

    Section 602(b)(3) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Subsequent fiscal years.--Beginning on the 
                date of the enactment of this subparagraph, in addition 
                to any unused balance under this paragraph, 10,000 
                principal aliens may be granted special immigrant 
                status under this subsection. For purposes of status 
                provided under this subparagraph the authority to issue 
                visas or adjust status shall commence on the date of 
                the enactment of this subparagraph and shall terminate 
                on the date such visa numbers are exhausted.''.
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