Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan Fulbright Scholars Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 3/28/2023
Actions
- 2023-03-28Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2023-03-28Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E268)
- 2023-03-28Introduced in House
- 2023-03-28Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-03-28 (00)
Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan Fulbright Scholars Act of 2023
This bill authorizes special immigrant visas for qualifying citizens or nationals of Afghanistan who were selected for certain educational and cultural exchange programs.
Specifically, a citizen or national of Afghanistan (and any accompanying spouse or child of such an individual) may be eligible for a special immigrant visa if the individual was selected between October 7, 2001, and August 31, 2023, to participate in a qualifying educational or cultural exchange program administered by the Department of State, including the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program.
Generally, such visas shall be subject to protections and requirements similar to those for special immigrant visas for citizens or nationals of Afghanistan who were employed by the United States in Afghanistan.
Cosponsors (17)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Jill Tokuda (D-HI)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Steve Cohen (D-TN)
- LLOYD DOGGETT (D-TX)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
- RICK LARSEN (D-WA)
- Maria Salazar (R-FL)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
- Andy Kim (D-NJ)
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