To require a report to Congress on the health of the Afghan special immigrant visa program.

SA 2124. Mr. COTTON proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2123
proposed by Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Shelby) to the bill H.R.
3237, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 17, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
(c) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report, including
a classified annex, if necessary, on the Afghan special
immigrant visa program as described in Section 602(b) of the
Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) and
Section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act of
2006 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note).
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) The total number of visas issued under such program,
disaggregated by fiscal year.
(B) With respect to principal aliens issued special
immigrant visas under such program, a description of the
types of roles performed for which such aliens earned
eligibility for such visas.
(C) Information regarding the average processing times for
visa applicants under such program, disaggregated by the
fiscal year in which visa applications under the program were
submitted.

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(D) The number of individuals who have pending applications
for visas under such program, including--
1) The number of individuals approved of the total number
of applications processed by the Chief of Mission; and
(2) The number of successful appeals of the total number of
application appeals filed.
(E) The estimated total number of individuals who have
performed the requisite employment to apply for a visa under
such program, but who have not yet applied for or received a
visa, including a description of the methodology used to
create such an estimate.
(3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Homeland Security of
the House of Representatives.
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