S.Amdt. 4250

SA 4250. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Reed, and Mr.
Tillis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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:

At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1216. MODIFICATION OF PROTECTION FOR AFGHAN ALLIES.

(a) Numerical Limitations.--Subparagraph (F) of section
602(b)(3) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``2015, 2016, and 2017''
and inserting ``2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018'';
(2) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
(A) by striking ``exhausted,,'' and inserting
``exhausted,''; and
(B) by striking ``7,000'' and inserting ``11,000'';
(3) in clause (i), by striking ``December 31, 2016;'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2017;''; and
(4) in clause (ii), by striking ``December 31, 2016;'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2017;''.
(b) Plan to Bring Afghan SIV Program to a Responsible
End.--Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of
2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(17) Plan to bring afghan siv program to a responsible
end.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2017 or March 1, 2018, whichever is earlier,
the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of
United States Central Command, and the Commander Resolute
Support/United States Forces - Afghanistan, shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report detailing a
strategy for bringing the program under this title to provide
special immigrant status to certain Afghans to a responsible
end by or before December 31, 2019, or as soon thereafter as
practicable consistent with the national security interests
of the United States.
``(B) Content.--The report required by subparagraph (A)
shall address, at a minimum, the following:
``(i) The number of visas that would be required to meet
existing or reasonably projected commitments, taking into
account the need to support a continued United States
Government presence in Afghanistan.
``(ii) An estimate of how long such visas should remain
available.
``(iii) A assessment of whether other existing programs
would be adequate to incentivize the continued recruitment,
retention, and protection of critical Afghan employees, after
the program under this title expires.
``(iv) A description of potential alternative programs that
could be considered if existing programs are inadequate.''.
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