3.0.0 2449 2023-01-11T13:32:14Z 2023-01-11T13:32:14Z Senate S 2016-01-20 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-01-20T16:59:24Z Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016 114 4380 HR 2016-02-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Related bill CRS 2016-01-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-01-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2016-01-20 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2016-01-20 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2016-02-09 False Immigration Immigration status and procedures Iraq Middle East Syria Terrorism Travel and tourism Visas and passports Immigration 00 2016-01-20 Introduced in Senate 2016-01-27T22:11:11Z Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the prohibition against participation in the visa waiver program of an alien who, regardless of whether the alien is a national of a program country, is a national of: (1) Iraq or Syria, (2) a country designated as a country that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, or (3) any other country or area of concern.

]]> Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016 Display Title Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove limitations on the ability of certain dual citizens from participating in the Visa Waiver Program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2449is/xml/BILLS-114s2449is.xml 2016-01-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.