S.Amdt. 5854

SA 5854. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1276. EXTENSION OF AND ADDITIONAL VISAS FOR THE AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.

Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--

(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking “2022” and inserting “2023”

(2) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “34,500” and inserting “54,500”;

(3) in clause (i), by striking “December 31, 2023” and inserting “December 31, 2024”;

(4) in clause (ii), by striking “December 31, 2023” and inserting “December 31, 2024”; and

(5) in paragraph (13), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “January 31, 2024” and inserting “January 31, 2025”.