[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5406 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5406

  To suspend the visa waiver program until certain entry-exit control 
             requirements are met, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2006

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To suspend the visa waiver program until certain entry-exit control 
             requirements are met, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
visa waiver program established under section 217 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) is hereby suspended until such time 
as the Secretary of Homeland Security determines and certifies to 
Congress that--
            (1) the automated entry-exit control system authorized 
        under section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
        Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1221 note) is 
        fully implemented and functional;
            (2) all United States ports of entry have functional 
        biometric machine readers; and
            (3) all nonimmigrants, including Border Crossing Card 
        holders, are processed through the automated entry-exit control 
        system.
    (b) Repeal.--Subparagraph (B) of section 217(a)(3) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(3)) is hereby 
repealed.
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