Sec. 9. Visa Waiver Program
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It is the Sense of Congress that the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, should designate the State of Israel as a program country under the Visa Waiver Program when the Government of Israel— is in compliance with all the requirements of the program specified in section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1187 ), except for the low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate requirement under subsection (c)(2)(A) of such section; and has met the conditions for a waiver of such requirement set forth in subsection (c).
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, should take steps to engage with representatives of the Government of Israel on— the extent to which Israel satisfies the requirements specified in section 217 of such Act for inclusion in the Visa Waiver Program; additional steps that may be required in order for Israel to qualify for consideration for inclusion in such program. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to waive the low nonimmigrant visa refusal rate requirements under paragraphs (2)(A) and (3)(B) of section 217(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)) for the State of Israel if— the Government of Israel has complied with all other requirements of the Visa Waiver Program, including extending the reciprocal privileges described in section 217(a)(2)(A) of such Act to citizens and nationals of the United States without regard to the race, religion, national origin, or ethnicity of any such citizen or national; the percentage of nationals of Israel who were refused a nonimmigrant visitor visa during the previous fiscal year is not more than 10 percent of the total number of nonimmigrant visitor visas for nationals of Israel which were granted or refused during that fiscal year.
Nothing in this section may be construed to exempt the State of Israel from all requirements to which other program countries are subject under section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act except for requirements relating to low nonimmigrant visa refusal rates under paragraphs (2)(A) and (3)(B) of section 217(c) of such Act.
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