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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2091 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to stimulate international tourism to the United States, and for other p... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Interviews of visa applicants

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Section 222 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1202 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Secretary of State— shall develop and conduct a pilot program for processing visas for nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(B), using secure remote videoconferencing technology as a method for conducting visa interviews of applicants; and in consultation with other Federal agencies that use such secure communications, shall help ensure the security of the videoconferencing transmission and encryption conducted under subparagraph (A).
Not later than 90 days after the termination of the pilot program authorized under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that contains— a detailed description of the results of such program, including an assessment of the efficacy, efficiency, and security of the remote videoconferencing technology as a method for conducting visa interviews of applicants; and recommendations for whether such program should be continued, broadened, or modified.
The pilot program authorized under paragraph
(1)may not be conducted if the Secretary of State determines that such program— poses an undue security risk; and cannot be conducted in a manner consistent with maintaining security controls. If the Secretary of State makes a determination under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate , the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate , the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate , the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives , the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives , and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that describes the reasons for such determination. For purposes of this subsection, the term in person interview includes interviews conducted using remote video technology. .
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