; and (2) shall be eligible for Priority 2 processing under the refugee resettlement priority system. (b) In-Country and out-of-Country processing Aliens described in subsection (a) shall be allowed to apply, and interview, for admission to the United States through refugee processing mechanisms in countries where aliens may apply, and interview, for admission to the United States as refugees. (c) Applicability of other requirements Aliens who qualify under this section for Priority 2 processing under the refugee resettlement priority system may only be admitted to the United States after satisfying the requirements of section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 ) and having cleared a background check and appropriate screening, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (d) Waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility In the case of an alien described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, may waive, in such Secretary’s sole and unreviewable discretion, paragraph (3)(B) (other than clause (i)(II)) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a) ) with respect to activities undertaken by such an alien in the course of avoiding or evading persecution by an organization described in section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi) ). (e) Categorical eligibility The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 ( Public Law 101–167 ) is amended— (1) in section 599D ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 note)— (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking and 2016 and inserting 2016, 2017, and 2018 ; and (B) in subsection (e), by striking 2016. each place it appears and inserting 2018.