HR 1544 · 115th Congress · Immigration

Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act

Introduced 2017-03-15· Sponsored by Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.(2017-03-31)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act This bill amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase from 8,500 to 11,000 the total number of visas available for the Afghan special immigrant visa program. Such program is for Afghan translators who worked with the U.S. government or Armed Forces.…

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Cosponsors (20)

10 Democrats10 Republicans
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]OR
Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]OH
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]MA
Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]IN
Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]CA
Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]OH
Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13]MI
Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]CA
Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]OH
Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]NY
Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]FL
Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]WA
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]GA
Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]WI
Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]VT
Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]PA
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]CA
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]IL
Rep. Curbelo, Carlos [R-FL-26]FL
Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]MO