Enduring Welcome Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
Introduced
Summary
Centralizing Afghan relocation coordination inside the State Department creates a dedicated Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts and expands that office's role in vetting, resettlement logistics, family reunification, and data collection.
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- Families and Afghan applicants gain clearer case management and assistance. The Coordinator must support voluntary departures, help remove family reunification barriers, and define who qualifies as a covered person to guide eligibility.
- Active-duty service members and veterans see focused attention on separated-family cases. The office must identify and track military- and veteran-linked family reunification cases to address those separations.
- Federal operations and oversight get a secure centralized database and regular reporting. The Secretary must establish a secure database to hold applicant and relocated-person records and report to House and Senate committees 30 days after the database is set up and every 90 days thereafter. The law also sets a five year sunset for the authorities it creates.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
State office to lead Afghan relocations
This bill would create a State Department office to run Afghan relocation efforts. The Coordinator would help people who ask to depart, lead vetting and case processing with DHS and DOD, and manage travel and resettlement with aid groups. It would work to fix family reunification barriers, including cases tied to active-duty troops and veterans. It would also coordinate trauma recovery and medical care with other agencies and keep Congress updated. These duties would start at enactment and run for up to five years.
Quarterly tracking of Afghan relocation cases
The Secretary of State would set up a secure, central database on Afghan applicants and relocated people. It would track counts by pathway (SIV, refugee, parole), where people are located, family reunification case totals, average timelines, denials and reasons, and military-linked family separation cases. Reports to Congress would start 30 days after the database is created and then come every 90 days. The database could stop only after consultation with Congress and notice showing pending case counts and the estimated eligible population still to be resettled.
Who qualifies as a covered person
The bill would define who counts as a “covered person” for help under this Act. It would include certain Afghan nationals seeking SIV, refugee status (as of August 14, 2021), or parole, and some family members. It would also include some U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents and their qualifying relatives with approved petitions and current priority dates, and certain primary caregivers. These definitions would apply upon enactment and last while the Act is in effect.
Afghan relocation authority lasts five years
Most authorities in this bill would end five years after enactment. The database could continue past that date only after consultation and notice to Congress. A related cross-reference would change from three to five years, aligning the program’s duration. If passed, households would have a clearer, five-year window for these services.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
TX • R
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
IA • R
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Crenshaw
TX • R
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Johnson (GA)
GA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
AZ • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Keating
MA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Castro (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Levin
CA • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/22/2025
Crow
CO • D
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Schakowsky
IL • D
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
AS • R
Sponsored 9/2/2025
Auchincloss
MA • D
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
UT • R
Sponsored 9/4/2025
Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
FL • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
VT • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/9/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
MI • R
Sponsored 9/17/2025
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/30/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 10/3/2025
Cohen
TN • D
Sponsored 10/10/2025
Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]
TN • R
Sponsored 10/17/2025
Hudson
NC • R
Sponsored 10/24/2025
Trahan
MA • D
Sponsored 10/28/2025
Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/12/2025
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 4/14/2026
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