Save Our Afghan Allies Act

Bill: 117-s-2216
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2021-06-24
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan

Asia

Conflicts and wars

Congressional oversight

Foreign labor

Foreign language and bilingual programs

Immigration status and procedures

Military operations and strategy

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Save Our Afghan Allies Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense to report to Congress a plan for admitting and relocating to the United States citizens of Afghanistan under an existing program. (The program provides special immigrant visas to eligible individuals who worked for U.S. or NATO forces in Afghanistan on or after October 7, 2001.)</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2216 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 24, 2021 Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to develop a plan for the relocation and admission to the United States of certain citizens of Afghanistan, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save Our Afghan Allies Act . 2. Department of Defense plan for relocation and admission to the United States of certain citizens of Afghanistan (a) Plan required (1) In general The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall develop a plan for the relocation and admission to the United States pursuant to special immigrant visas of citizens of Afghanistan who are aliens described in section 602(b)(2) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–8 ; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note). (2) Element The plan required by paragraph (1) shall provide for the relocation and admission of such citizens of Afghanistan before the date on which the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan is completed. (b) Submittal to Congress Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress the plan developed under subsection (a)(1). (c) Appropriate committees of Congress defined In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.