[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2578 Reported in House (RH)]





                                                 Union Calendar No. 227

105th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2578

                          [Report No. 105-387]

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver 
 pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect 
 to the number of nonimmigrants who remain in the United States after 
    the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney 
                                General.

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                            November 7, 1997

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed





                                                 Union Calendar No. 227
105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2578

                          [Report No. 105-387]

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver 
 pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect 
 to the number of nonimmigrants who remain in the United States after 
    the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney 
                                General.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 1997

Mr. Smith of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

                            November 7, 1997

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend the visa waiver 
 pilot program, and to provide for the collection of data with respect 
 to the number of nonimmigrants who remain in the United States after 
    the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Attorney 
                                General.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 2-YEAR EXTENSION OF VISA WAIVER PILOT PROGRAM.

    Section 217(f) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act is amended 
by striking ``1997.'' and inserting ``1999.''.

SEC. 2. DATA ON NONIMMIGRANT OVERSTAY RATES.

    (a) Collection of Data.--Not later than the date that is 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall 
implement a program to collect data, for each fiscal year, regarding 
the total number of aliens within each of the classes of nonimmigrant 
aliens described in section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)) whose authorized period of stay 
in the United States terminated during the previous fiscal year, but 
who remained in the United States notwithstanding such termination.
    (b) Annual Report.--Not later than June 30, 1999, and not later 
than June 30 of each year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit 
an annual report to the Congress providing numerical estimates, for 
each country for the preceding fiscal year, of the number of aliens 
from the country who are described in subsection (a).