Sec. 201. REVISION AND EXTENSION OF THE VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN TOURISTS (B NONIMMIGRANTS)
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## SEC. 201 REVISION AND EXTENSION OF THE VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN TOURISTS (B NONIMMIGRANTS) ###
(a)In General Section 217 (8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)(2), by inserting “, and presents a passport issued by,” after “is a national of”; ####
(2)in subsection (a)(3)— #####
(A)by striking “entry control and waiver forms” and inserting “immigration forms”, and #####
(B)by striking all that follows “such admission” and inserting “completes such immigration form as the Attorney General shall establish.”; ####
(3)by striking paragraph
(4)of subsection
(a)and inserting the following: > > #### “(4) Entry by sea or air > > If arriving by sea or air, the alien arrives at the port of entry into the United States on a carrier which has entered into an agreement with the Service to guarantee transport of the alien out of the United States if the alien is found inadmissible or deportable by an immigration officer.” > ; ####
(4)by adding at the end of subsection
(a)the following new paragraph: > > #### “(7) Round-trip ticket > > The alien is in possession of a round-trip transportation ticket (unless this requirement is waived by the Attorney General under regulations).” > ; ####
(5)in subsection (b)— #####
(A)by striking the heading and paragraphs
(1)through (3), and #####
(B)by redesignating paragraph
(4)(and subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)thereof) as subsection
(b)(and paragraphs
(1)and
(2)thereof, respectively), and moving the indentation of such redesignated subsection and paragraphs 2 ems to the left; ####
(6)in subsection (c)— #####
(A)in paragraph (1)— ######
(i)by striking “Up to 8 countries” in the heading and inserting “In general”, and ######
(ii)by striking all that follows “may designate” and inserting “any country as a pilot program country if it meets the requirements of paragraph (2).”; and #####
(B)in paragraph (2)— ######
(i)by striking “Initial qualifications” in the heading and inserting “Qualifications”, ######
(ii)by striking “For the initial period described in paragraph (4), a country” and inserting “A country”, and ######
(iii)by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: > > ##### “(C) Machine readable passport program > > The government of the country certifies that it has or is in the process of developing a program to issue machine-readable passports to its citizens. > > > ##### “(D) Law enforcement interests > > The Attorney General determines that the United States law enforcement interests would not be compromised by the designation of the country.” > ; ####
(7)by redesignating subsections
(d)and
(e)as subsections
(e)and (f), respectively, and by inserting after subsection
(c)the following new subsection: > > ### “(d) Authority > > Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, acting jointly, may for any reason (including national security) refrain from waiving the visa requirement in respect to nationals of any country which may otherwise qualify for designation or may, at any time, rescind any waiver or designation previously granted under this section.” > ; ####
(8)in subsection (e)(1), as so redesignated— #####
(A)by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (A), #####
(B)by striking the period at the end of subparagraph
(B)and inserting “, and”, and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(C) > > to be subject to the imposition of fines resulting from the transporting into the United States of a national of a designated country without a passport pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Attorney General.” > ; and ####
(9)in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by striking all that follows “the period beginning” and inserting “on October 1, 1988, and ending on September 30, 1994.”. ###
(b)Penalty for Transport of Aliens Without Valid Visas Section 273 (8 U.S.C. 1323) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a), by inserting “a valid passport and” before “an unexpired visa”, and ####
(2)in subsection (c), by inserting “valid passport or” before “visa was required”. ###
(c)Report By not later than January 1, 1992, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate a report on the operation of the automated data arrival and departure control system for foreign visitors and on admission refusals and overstays for such visitors who have entered under the visa waiver program. ###
(d)Effective Date The amendments made by this section shall take effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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REVISION AND EXTENSION OF THE VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM FOR FOREIGN TOURISTS (B NONIMMIGRANTS)
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