Emergency Afghan Allies Extension Act of 2014

To provide additional visas for the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Immigration

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on July 30, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase by 1,000 the number of Afghan special immigrant visas available in FY2014.

Requires, with regard to such visas, that:

the period during which an alien must have been employed must terminate by December 31, 2014,
the principal alien seeking special immigrant status shall apply to the Chief of Mission by December 31, 2014, and
the authority to provide such status shall terminate on December 31, 2014.

Directs the Secretary of State, by January 1, 2015, to increase temporarily the fee or surcharge (by $1) for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable combined border crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas.

Full Text

Related Legislation

S. 2624Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2014
2014-07-17Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Legislative Actions

2014-07-24
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6749)
2014-07-24
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2014-07-24
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2014-07-25
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2014-07-30
Mr. Holding moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2014-07-30
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7070-7074)
2014-07-30
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5195.
2014-07-30
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7071)
2014-07-30
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7071)
2014-07-30
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Enacted as Public Law 113-160

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