[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 857 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 857

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide waiver 
 authority for the requirement to provide a written justification for 
 the exact grounds for the denial of a visa, except in cases of intent 
                             to immigrate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 25 (legislative day, May 15), 1995

   Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide waiver 
 authority for the requirement to provide a written justification for 
 the exact grounds for the denial of a visa, except in cases of intent 
                             to immigrate.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Law Enforcement and Intelligence 
Sources Protection Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER AUTHORITY CONCERNING NOTICE OF DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR 
              VISAS.

    Section 212(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B);
            (2) by striking ``If'' and inserting ``(1) Subject to 
        paragraph (2), if'; and
            (3) by inserting at the end the following paragraph:
    ``(2) With respect to applications for visas, the Secretary of 
State may waive the application of paragraph (1) in the case of a 
particular alien or any class or classes of excludable aliens, except 
in cases of intent to immigrate.''.
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