US Congress House Bill 2796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides for 4,000 additional special immigrant visas to qualified nationals of Afghanistan who were employed by or on behalf of the United States since October 7, 2001. The visa allotment, in addition to any unused allocations of such special immigrant visas from FY2015 through FY2017, shall be available beginning FY2019, and unused visas shall carry over to subsequent fiscal years until exhausted. The Department of State Inspector General shall report to Congress on obstacles to protecting Afghan and Iraqi allies through special immigrant visa programs and recommendations for improving future programs.

Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2019

Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Michael Waltz [R-FL]
Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Steve Watkins [R-KS]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Wright [R-TX]
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Guy Reschenthaler [R-PA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. Don Bacon [R-NE]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-05-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-05-16	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E614)
2019-05-16	House	Introduced in House

SB1474 (Related) 2019-05-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB2500 (Related) 2020-08-11 - Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 512.
SB1790 (Related) 2019-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 116-92. (TXT | PDF)
HR758 (Similar To) 2019-12-11 - Mr. Nadler moved to table the motion to reconsider

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2796/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2796/BILLS-116hr2796ih.pdf