[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2218 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2218

    To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
  eligibility of certain territories and regions for designation for 
    participation in the visa waiver program and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 8, 2014

    Ms. Hirono (for herself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Kirk, and Ms. Klobuchar) 
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 for the 
  eligibility of certain territories and regions for designation for 
    participation in the visa waiver program 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Subnational Visa Waiver Program Act 
of 2014''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN TERRITORIES AND REGIONS FOR DESIGNATION 
              FOR PARTICIPATION IN VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

    Section 217(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1187(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(12) Eligibility of certain territories and regions for 
        designation as program countries.--A territory or region of a 
        country--
                    ``(A) shall be eligible for designation as a 
                program country for purposes of this subsection if such 
                territory or region is accorded treatment under a 
                particular law of the United States, or any provision 
                thereof, different from that accorded to the country of 
                which it is a part; and
                    ``(B) may be designated as a program country for 
                purposes of this subsection if such territory or region 
                meets requirements applicable for such designation in 
                this subsection.''.
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