S.Amdt. 4288

SA 4288. Mr. KIRK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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 H of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1277. PRIORITIZING SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS FOR IRAQI AND
AFGHAN TRANSLATORS.

The Secretary of State shall prioritize the issuance of
special immigrant visas authorized under--
(1) section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 8 U.S.C. 1101
note);
(2) section 1244 of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007
(8 U.S.C. 1157 note); and
(3) section 602 of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009
(8 U.S.C. 1101 note).
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