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S 990 113th Congress Senate Immigration Afghanistan Asia Immigration status and procedures Iraq Middle East Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Visas and passports

A bill to extend the Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs by 1 year.

Introduced: May 20, 2013 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 20, 2013
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 to extend the program providing special immigrant status to qualifying Iraqis for an additional fiscal year.

Amends the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to extend the program providing special immigrant status to qualifying Afghans through FY2014.

What's happening now May 20, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 990: A bill to extend the Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs by 1 year.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-990/
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"S. 990: A bill to extend the Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs by 1 year.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-990/.
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S. 990, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-990/.
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