S.Amdt. 4435

SA 4435. Mr. GRASSLEY 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 B of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1216. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT STATUS FOR CERTAIN AFGHANS.

(a) Aliens Described.--Section 602(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of the
Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is
amended to read as follows:

``(I)(aa) by, or on behalf of, the United States
Government, in the case of an alien submitting an application
for Chief of Mission approval pursuant to subparagraph (D)
before the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017; or
``(bb) in the case of an alien submitting an application
for Chief of Mission approval pursuant to subparagraph (D) on
or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, in a capacity that
required the alien--

``(AA) to serve as an interpreter or translator for
personnel of the Department of State or the United States
Agency for International Development in Afghanistan while
traveling away from United States embassies or consulates
with such personnel;
``(BB) to serve as an interpreter or translator for United
States military personnel in Afghanistan while traveling off-
base with such personnel; or
``(CC) to perform sensitive and trusted activities for
United States military personnel stationed in Afghanistan;
or''.
(b) Numerical Limitations.--Section 602(b)(3)(F) of such
Act is amended by striking ``December 31, 2016;'' each place
it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2017;''.
(c) Report.--Section 602(b)(14) of such Act is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this paragraph,'' and inserting ``Not later than December 31,
2016, and annually thereafter through January 31, 2021,'';
and
(2) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``under this
section;'' and inserting ``under subclause (I) or (II)(bb) of
paragraph (2)(A)(ii);''.
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