Sec. 128. VISA LOOKOUT SYSTEMS.1
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## SEC. 128 VISA LOOKOUT SYSTEMS.1 **[**[8 U.S.C. 1182](/us/usc/t8/s1182) nt**]** ###
(a)Visas The Secretary of State may not include in the Automated Visa Lookout System, or in any other system or list which maintains information about the inadmissibility of aliens under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the name of any alien who is not inadmissible from the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, subject to the provisions of this section. 1This section was amended by section 308(d)(3)(C) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (division C of Pub. L. 104–208; 110 Stat. 3009–617) by striking the terms “**excludability**” and “excludable” each place such terms appear and inserting “inadmissibility” and “inadmissible”, respectively. Effective, under section 309(a) of such Act “the amendments made by this subtitle **[**subtitle A of title III**]** shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act **[**April 1, 1997**]**”. ###
(b)Correction of Lists Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall— ####
(1)correct the Automated Visa Lookout System, or any other system or list which maintains information about the inadmissibility of aliens under the Immigration and Nationality Act, by deleting the name of any alien not inadmissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and ####
(2)report to the Congress concerning the completion of such correction process. ###
(c)Report on Correction Process ####
(1)Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Government agencies, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees, a plan which sets forth the manner in which the Department of State will correct the Automated Visa Lookout System, and any other system or list as set forth in subsection (b). ####
(2)Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the progress made toward completing the correction of lists as set forth in subsection (b). ###
(d)Application This section refers to the Immigration and Nationality Act as in effect on and after June 1, 1991. ###
(e)Limitation ####
(1)The Secretary may add or retain in such system or list the names of aliens who are not inadmissible only if they are included for otherwise authorized law enforcement purposes or other lawful purposes of the Department of State. A name included for other lawful purposes under this paragraph shall include a notation which clearly and distinctly indicates that such person is not presently inadmissible. The Secretary of State shall adopt procedures to ensure that visas are not denied to such individuals for any reason not set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act. ####
(2)The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register regulations and standards concerning maintenance and use by the Department of State of systems and lists for purposes described in paragraph (1). ####
(3)Nothing in this section may be construed as creating new authority or expanding any existing authority for any activity not otherwise authorized by law. ###
(f)Definition As used in this section the term “**appropriate congressional committees**” means the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. * * * * * * * ### Part E INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS * * * * * * *
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