S.Amdt. 673

SA 673. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1083. SUPPORT FOR NATIONALS OF AFGHANISTAN APPLYING FOR
STUDENT VISAS.

(a) Exception With Respect to Residence.--To be eligible as
a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(F) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(F)), an
individual who is a national of Afghanistan or a person with
no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan
shall meet all requirements for such nonimmigrant status
except that the individual shall not be required to
demonstrate residence in Afghanistan or an intention not to
abandon such residence.
(b) Applicability.--
(1) In general.--The exception under subsection (a) shall
apply during the period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is two
years after such date of enactment.
(2) Extension.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State--
(A) shall periodically review the country conditions in
Afghanistan; and
(B) may renew the exception under subsection (a) in 18-
month increments based on such conditions.
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