This bill is based on a report Sen. Shaheen's staff had compiled in late 2022. We have contacted her office and asked for a copy of that report. The bill has been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee. ( see report below )
Introduced June 1, 2023 Congressional Legislation introduced to Remedy Afghan SIV Backlog Senate Bill S.1786 Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing and to establish designed senior special immigrant visa coordination officials and for ...... other purposes ( text below )