[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1242 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1242

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make permanent the visa 
       waiver program for certain visitors to the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 1999

  Mr. Akaka (for himself, Mr. Burns, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Graham, and Mr. 
    Inouye) 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 make permanent the visa 
       waiver program for certain visitors to the United States.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT VISA WAIVER PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN VISITORS.

    Section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) 
is amended--
            (1) in this section heading, by striking ``pilot'';
            (2) in the caption for subsection (a)(2), by striking 
        ``pilot'' and ``visa waiver'';
            (3) in the caption for subsection (c) by striking ``Pilot'' 
        and inserting ``Visa Waiver'';
            (4) by striking ``pilot'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``visa waiver'';
            (5) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``during the pilot 
        program period (as defined in subsection (e))'';
            (6) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``(within the pilot 
        program period)'';
            (7) by striking subsection (f); and
            (8) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).
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