[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5482 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5482
To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act to provide special immigrant
visas to certain Fullbright Scholars, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 5, 2021
Mr. Garamendi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act to provide special immigrant
visas to certain Fullbright Scholars, 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 ``Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan
Fulbright Scholars Act of 2021''.
SEC. 2. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR CERTAIN FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS.
Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (14) as
paragraphs (5) through (15), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph:
``(4) Fulbright scholars as a principal alien.--
``(A) In general.--An alien is described in this
subparagraph if the alien--
``(i) is a citizen or national of
Afghanistan; and
``(ii) was selected on or after October 7,
2001, to participate in--
``(I) the J. William Fulbright
Educational Exchange Program authorized
under section 102 of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(1))
including the Fulbright Scholar-in-
Residence Grants and the Fulbright
Foreign Language Teaching Assistant
Program;
``(II) the Hubert H. Humphrey
Fellowship 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 Visitors
Leadership 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 Secretary of State pursuant to
sections 102 or 112 of the Mutual
Educational and Cultural Exchange Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452; 22 U.S.C.
2460) for which the Secretary
determines that a participating alien
is eligible for a special immigrant
visa under this paragraph.
``(B) Spouse or child.--
``(i) Is the spouse or child of a principal
alien described in subparagraph (A); and
``(ii) is accompanying or following to join
the principal alien in the United States.
``(C) Numerical limitations.--A principal alien
provided special immigrant status under this paragraph
shall not count towards the total number of principal
aliens who may be provided special immigrant status
under this section pursuant to paragraph (3)(F) but
may, as applicable, count towards the total number of
principal aliens who have received a visa under the
unused balance of visas pursuant to subparagraph (D) or
(E) of paragraph (3).''.
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