S.Amdt. 1805

SA 1805. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:

After subsection (a) of section 1227, insert the following:
(b) Department of Defense Concurrence.--- Section
602(b)(2)(D) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8
U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(iii) Written concurrence by the department of defense.--
After obtaining the approval from the Chief of Mission under
clause (i), but prior to the alien's admission to the United
States, the alien shall obtain the written concurrence of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan,
Pakistan, and Central Asia, or the written concurrence of the
Commander of United States Forces-Afghanistan. Such written

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concurrence shall include an attestation that the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and
Central Asia, or the Commander of United States Forces-
Afghanistan, has personally and independently reviewed the
alien's application, and has no concerns regarding the
admission of the alien or the dependents of the alien to the
United States, or regarding the future danger the alien or
the dependents of the alien may pose to the United States
after admission.''.
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