S 630 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act

Introduced Mar 15, 2017 Originated Senate Sponsor Jeanne Shaheen D-NH

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 15, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1842-1843)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 15, 2017
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2017 to Apr 5, 2017, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-RI	Jack Reed	Original	Mar 15, 2017
R-AZ	John McCain	Original	Mar 15, 2017
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Mar 15, 2017
R-NC	Thom Tillis	Original	Mar 15, 2017
D-VA	Tim Kaine	Original	Mar 15, 2017
D-MA	Elizabeth Warren		Mar 21, 2017
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Apr 4, 2017
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Apr 5, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 15, 2017Introduced in Senate
Mar 15, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1842-1843)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

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Mar 15, 2017Introduced in Senate

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