; and (B) provide to the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate congressional committees, either in the next submission required by subsection (a)(1) or before such submission, a written statement explaining the reason for the delay in fulfilling the requirements of subsection (a), (b), or (c), as the case may be. . 711. Strategy for the efficient processing of all Afghan special immigrant visa applications and appeals Section 602 of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–8 ; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking In this section and inserting Except as otherwise explicitly provided, in this section