Afghanistan Vetting and Accountability Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3310 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3310 To require verification of the personal and biometric information of all individuals evacuated from Afghanistan, to require in-person interviews of such individuals, and to prohibit Afghan evacuees who do not provide such information or submit to such interviews from receiving Federal assistance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 2, 2025 Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require verification of the personal and biometric information of all individuals evacuated from Afghanistan, to require in-person interviews of such individuals, and to prohibit Afghan evacuees who do not provide such information or submit to such interviews from receiving Federal assistance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Afghanistan Vetting and Accountability Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. VERIFICATION AND VETTING REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUALS EVACUATED FROM AFGHANISTAN. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Federal means-tested public benefit.--The term ``Federal means-tested public benefit'' means a Federal means- tested public benefit within the meaning of section 403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613). (2) Individual evacuated from afghanistan.--The term ``individual evacuated from Afghanistan''-- (A) means any individual, other than a United States citizen or a member of the United States Armed Forces, conveyed out of Afghanista