Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3513 To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to make 4,000 visas available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 25, 2021 Mr. KINZINGER (for himself, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CREN- SHAW, Mr. BACON, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. CROW, Mr. NADLER, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MAST, Mr. LAMB, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. MURPHY of Flor- ida, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. BERA, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELCH, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. JA- COBS of California, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. RYAN, and Ms. OMAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to make 4,000 visas available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Afghan Allies Protec- 4 tion Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3513.IH H3513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3513 IH SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR AFGHAN ALLIES. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 602(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 2 Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 3 note) is amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), 4 by inserting ‘‘for the first time’’ after ‘‘submitting a peti- 5 tion’’. 6 (b) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—Section 602(b)(3) of 7 the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 8 note) is amended— 9 (1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 10 the following: 11 ‘‘(A) FISCAL YEAR 2021.— 12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any 13 unused balance under subparagraph (F), 14 for fiscal year 2021, not more than 4,000 15 principal aliens may be granted special im- 16 migrant status under this subsection. 17 ‘‘(ii) PERIOD OF EMPLOYMENT.—For 18 purposes of this subparagraph, the period 19 of employment referred to in paragraph 20 (2)(A)(ii) shall end not later than Decem- 21 ber 31, 2023. 22 ‘‘(iii) APPLICATION.—For purposes of 23 this subparagraph, not later than Decem- 24 ber 31, 2023, a principal alien seeking spe- 25 cial immigrant status under this subsection 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3513.IH H3513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3513 IH shall submit an application to the Chief of 1 Mission.’’; 2 (2) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting 3 the following: 4 ‘‘(C) CARRY FORWARD.—If the numerical 5 limitation described in subparagraph (A)(i) is 6 not reached for fiscal year 2021, the numerical 7 limitation for each subsequent fiscal year shall 8 be established at a number equal to the dif- 9 ference between— 10 ‘‘(i) the numerical limitation described 11 in subparagraph (A)(i); and 12 ‘‘(ii) the number of principal aliens 13 granted special immigrant status under 14 this subsection during each fiscal year be- 15 ginning in fiscal year 2021.’’; 16 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘notwith- 17 standing the provisions of paragraph (C),’’; and 18 (4) in subparagraph (F), as amended by this 19 Act,— 20 (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through 21 (iii) as subclauses (I) through (III), respec- 22 tively, and indenting appropriately; 23 (B) in the matter preceding subclause (I) 24 (as so redesignated), in the second sentence, by 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3513.IH H3513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3513 IH striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and inserting the fol- 1 lowing: 2 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—For pur- 3 poses’’; 4 (C) in the matter preceding clause (ii) (as 5 so designated)— 6 (i) by striking ‘‘exhausted,,’’ and in- 7 serting ‘‘exhausted,’’; and 8 (ii) by striking ‘‘In addition’’ and in- 9 serting the following: 10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In addition’’; and 11 (D) by adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘(iii) UNUSED VISAS.—Any unused 13 balance under this subparagraph shall be 14 added to the number under subparagraph 15 (A)(i) for use in fiscal year 2021.’’. 16 (c) CONVERSION OF PETITIONS.—Section 2 of Public 17 Law 110–242 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by strik- 18 ing subsection (b) and inserting the following: 19 ‘‘(b) DURATION.—The authority under subsection (a) 20 shall expire on the date on which the numerical limitation 21 specified under section 1244 of the National Defense Au- 22 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110– 23 181; 8 U.S.C. 1157 note) is reached.’’. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:34 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3513.IH H3513 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS