Save Our Afghan Allies Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2216 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. 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. 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 ‘‘Save Our Afghan Allies 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:22 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2216.IS S2216 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 2216 IS SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PLAN FOR RELOCATION 1 AND ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES OF 2 CERTAIN CITIZENS OF AFGHANISTAN. 3 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.— 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 5 coordination with the Secretary of State, shall de- 6 velop a plan for the relocation and admission to the 7 United States pursuant to special immigrant visas of 8 citizens of Afghanistan who are aliens described in 9 section 602(b)(2) of the Afghan Allies Protection 10 Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–8; 8 U.S.C. 1101 11 note). 12 (2) ELEMENT.—The plan required by para- 13 graph (1) shall provide for the relocation and admis- 14 sion of such citizens of Afghanistan before the date 15 on which the withdrawal of the United States Armed 16 Forces from Afghanistan is completed. 17 (b) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec- 19 retary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate commit- 20 tees of Congress the plan developed under subsection 21 (a)(1). 22 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE- 23 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit- 24 tees of Congress’’ means— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:22 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2216.IS S2216 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 2216 IS (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 1 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 2 on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 3 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 4 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 5 on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:22 Jul 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2216.IS S2216 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS