S.Amdt. 4425

SA 4425. Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Sasse, Ms. Ernst,
Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Romney) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and
intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 NATIONALS OF
AFGHANISTAN EMPLOYED THROUGH A COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENT, GRANT, OR NONGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States recognizes the immense contributions
of the nationals of Afghanistan who worked, through
cooperative agreements, grants, and nongovernmental
organizations in Afghanistan, in support of the United States
mission to advance the causes of democracy, human rights, and
the rule of law in Afghanistan;
(2) due to the close association of such nationals of
Afghanistan with the United States, their lives are at risk;
and
(3) such nationals of Afghanistan should be provided with
special immigrant status under the Afghan Allies and
Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note; Public Law 111-
8).
(b) Special Immigrant Status.--Section 602(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I)
of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101
note; Public Law 111-8) is amended by inserting after
``United States Government'' the following: ``, including
employment in Afghanistan funded by the United States
Government through a cooperative agreement, grant, or
nongovernmental organization, provided that the Chief of
Mission or delegated Department of State designee determines,
based on a recommendation from the Federal agency or
organization authorizing such funding, that such alien
contributed to the United States mission in Afghanistan''.
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