Sec. 6431. ASSESSMENT OF VISA-FREE TRAVEL TO AND WITHIN WESTERN HEMISPHERE BY NATIONALS OF COUNTRIES OF CONCERN

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## SEC. 6431 ASSESSMENT OF VISA-FREE TRAVEL TO AND WITHIN WESTERN HEMISPHERE BY NATIONALS OF COUNTRIES OF CONCERN ###

(a)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)Appropriate committees of Congress The term “**appropriate committees of Congress**” means— #####

(A)the congressional intelligence committees; #####

(B)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and #####

(C)the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)Countries of concern The term “**countries of concern**” means— #####

(A)the Russian Federation; #####

(B)the People’s Republic of China; #####

(C)the Islamic Republic of Iran; #####

(D)the Syrian Arab Republic; #####

(E)the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; #####

(F)the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; and #####

(G)the Republic of Cuba. ###

(b)In General Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a written assessment of the impacts to national security caused by travel without a visa to and within countries in the Western Hemisphere by nationals of countries of concern and nationals of any other country the Director determines it appropriate to consider. ###

(c)Form The assessment required by subsection

(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.