Patrick Leahy: “I ask unanimous consent to call up all remaining amendments, in order, with respect to H.R. 3505 en bloc, and ask that…”

“I ask unanimous consent to call up all remaining amendments, in order, with respect to H.R. 3505 en bloc, and ask that they be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the amendments by number en bloc. Amendment No. 3833 to Amendment No. 3830 The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Vermont [Mr. Leahy], for Mr. Cotton and others, proposes an amendment numbered 3833 to amendment No. 3830. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To modify the immigration benefits for which certain Afghan nationals are eligible) Beginning on page 80, strike line 6 and all that follows through page 83, line 4, and insert the following: Sec. 2502. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a citizen or national of Afghanistan (or a person with no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) shall be eligible for the benefits described in subsections (b) and (c) if-- (1) such individual completed security and law enforcement background checks to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Homeland Security and was subsequently-- (A) paroled into the United States between July 31, 2021, and September 30, 2022; or (B) paroled into the United States after September 30, 2022, and-- (i) is the spouse or child (as defined in section 101(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.…”