Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R KinzingerSponsor

30 cosponsors · 16 D, 14 R

15 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase from 8,500 to 11,000 the total number of visas available for the Afghan special immigrant visa program.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 15, 2017

Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act

This bill amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase from 8,500 to 11,000 the total number of visas available for the Afghan special immigrant visa program.

Such program is for Afghan translators who worked with the U.S. government or Armed Forces.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act

Latest action (Mar 31, 2017): Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Policy area: Immigration · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 15, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.