[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4832 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4832

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit representatives 
 of the foreign press to enter the United States under the visa waiver 
                                program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2004

 Mr. Houghton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit representatives 
 of the foreign press to enter the United States under the visa waiver 
                                program.

    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 ``Freedom of the Press Reinforcement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM TO REPRESENTATIVES OF 
              FOREIGN PRESS.

    (a) Application of Program.--Section 217 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(i) Special Rule for Foreign Press.--An alien may be classified 
as a nonimmigrant under section 101(a)(15)(B) for purposes of this 
section, notwithstanding that the alien is a representative of foreign 
press, radio, film, or other foreign information media seeking to enter 
the United States to engage in such vocation.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)) is amended by inserting after ``unskilled labor 
or'' the following: ``, except as provided in section 217(i),''.
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